Author: Peter Kappler
Date: 13:28:12 02/03/03
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On February 03, 2003 at 12:32:19, Amir Ban wrote: >On February 03, 2003 at 02:12:30, J Mike wrote: > >>On February 03, 2003 at 00:13:00, Robert Hyatt wrote: >> >> >>>This is an opening that worked 20+ years ago. David Levy used it to beat >>>Chess 4.x, and then Cray Blitz, in his much-publicized "wager". But it is >>>no longer something that a program can't handle, if it understands anything >>>about blocked pawns at all. >>> >>>He was fortunate that this didn't go nuclear in his face... >>> >>>I'd be surprised if he tries it again in game 6. >> >>The comp actually played the position very badly. h3 and latter a3??? What the >>hell was that? Even an 1800 won't play moves like h3 and a3 ... Kasprov should >>have tried b5 after a3 or maybe b5 one move before a3 .. The comp was lucky that >>this didn't go nuclear in it's face ... >> > >I was wondering when anyone would notice that Deep Junior was offering a piece >for two moves in a row. > >Amir I assume you're talking about early in the game, when Kasparov could have played b5, and Junior can then give up the knight on c3 for Black's b and a-pawns? I expected this to happen, and am surprised that there hasn't been more (any?) analysis of this position. -Peter
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