Author: Robert Hyatt
Date: 13:29:46 02/03/03
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On February 03, 2003 at 14:15:12, Matthew Hull wrote: >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. > > >Sound or unsound (i.e. bug)? > >Matt > Sound. Most programs agreed. I think the thing has played just fine so far, and that the next two games are going to be _very_ interesting... I suspect Kasparov has one group working on openings. And another group working on excuses. :) > >> >>Amir >> >> >> >>>All four games the computer played badly and got bad positions .. then defended >>>bad positions well.
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