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Subject: Re: I let Deep Fritz7 all night at 9 min per move and the game ended DRAW !

Author: Terry McCracken

Date: 00:58:23 02/08/03

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On February 08, 2003 at 03:05:30, Kurt Utzinger wrote:

>On February 08, 2003 at 01:57:22, Terry McCracken wrote:
>
>>On February 08, 2003 at 01:52:00, Jorge Pichard wrote:
>>
>>>I let Deep Fritz 7 all night at 9 minutes per move and the game ended in a draw!
>>>I was using my wife AMD XP 2400+ which I should have set for 12 minutes per move
>>>at least, but now I'm convinced. Outch, my bank account shrunk a little.
>>>
>>>Pichard.
>>
>>Yes, I'm truly sorry for your luck!
>>
>>But Fritz 7 may have gone wrong, in such an ending, I'm not convinced Black
>>wasn't winning!! Ba3! was good, the best, but it may not have been enough, and
>>Kasparov didn't have to play Ne8 either...Nc5!? may have been best, stopping f4!
>>
>>Terry
>
>Was there a need to stop f4? If White exchanges fxe5, Black will get a passer on
>e5.
>Kurt

Kurt I agree, I still think Black had good winning chances. It was nearly
textbook.

I'm angry Kasparov didn't press on for the kill!

Terry



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