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Subject: Re: GK vs Deep Junior: Chess remained putting on the distance!!

Author: Janosch Zwerensky

Date: 04:59:30 02/08/03

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>GK vs Deep Junior: Chess remained putting on the distance!!
>
>The strange-turbulent end in the 6. game between Kasparov and Deep junior showed
>all honest fans that (...)

What we saw yesterday was a case of a "grandmaster draw". The fact alone that
there is a standing expression for this kind of thing should show you that this
is not something that happens with human-vs-comp-events *specifically*. In fact,
I vaguely remember that at least once in the last few years they had a special
rule in a supertournament (I think it was Linares, but I am not sure about this
at all) that was meant to prevent the players from drawing without a fight.
One could also note here that, just like game 6 of this match, grandmaster draws
in general are known to happen in the last round(s) of an event more frequently
than earlier on.
Still, the fact that grandmaster draws happen in tournaments all the time does
not seem to lead a great lot of spectators to the conclusion that all the time
they are watching events that are staged, as a whole.

Regards,
Janosch



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