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Subject: Re: There Is A 1/5 Chance That DJ 2003 Is As Good As DB '97. Amir Was Wrong!

Author: Uri Blass

Date: 09:20:12 02/06/03

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On February 06, 2003 at 12:14:47, Drexel,Michael wrote:

>On February 06, 2003 at 12:01:35, Uri Blass wrote:
>
>>On February 06, 2003 at 11:54:10, Drexel,Michael wrote:
>>
>>>On February 06, 2003 at 11:27:48, Uri Blass wrote:
>>>
>>>>On February 06, 2003 at 11:22:28, Graham Laight wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>On February 06, 2003 at 10:51:43, Uri Blass wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>>On February 06, 2003 at 10:45:20, Graham Laight wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>On February 06, 2003 at 10:27:36, Uri Blass wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>I believe that Amir did not say that PCs of 1997 were as strong as DB.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>Uri
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>Have you not seen the large number of posts from him INSISTING that DB was
>>>>>>>over-rated, and either implying or stating outright that PCs could have done as
>>>>>>>well, if not better?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>n.b. may need to go back a couple of years to find these threads against Robert
>>>>>>>Hyatt.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>-g
>>>>>>
>>>>>>We are talking about computers of the beginning of 1997 with hardware of 1997.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>I believe that he talked about it near 2000 when hardware and software were
>>>>>>clearly better.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>Uri
>>>>>
>>>>>Not that much better - DJ will not achieve a better result than DB, and will
>>>>>probably achieve a worse one.
>>>>>
>>>>>-g
>>>>
>>>>Comparing is not done based only on results.
>>>>Deeper blue never played impressive moves that programs of 2000 cannot find.
>>>>
>>>>There are logfiles of the games and I know of nothing impressive in them.
>>>>
>>>>Uri
>>>
>>>Im still very impressed by this position and DB correct decision not to play
>>>Qb6. I can imagine that this position has been discussed widely before, but
>>>you say DB never played impressive moves todays programs cant find.
>>>
>>>[D] r1r1q1k1/6p1/p2b1p1p/1p1PpP2/PPp5/2P4P/R1B2QP1/R5K1 w - - 0 36
>>>
>>>Do you know of any program who would not play 36.Qb6?
>>>All my programs would play it.
>>>Can someone please check what move DJ7 would play in this position?
>>>
>>>Michael
>>
>>I think that Qb6 is not better than axb5.
>>I think that both moves are leading to equal position.
>>
>>Kasparov simply did not find the right defence against Qb6.
>>
>>Uri
>
>what do you mean? DB played 36.axb5 and Kasparov cant find the right defence
>after 44.Kf1.
>why leads 36.axb5 to an equal position?
>Is 44.Kh1 not a winning move?

44.Kh1 is a winning move but black had a lot of alternatives in the previous
moves and did a losing blunder after move 36.

I remember that I analyzed it and could not find a forced win for white and even
could not find a clear advantage for white after axb5.

Uri
Uri



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