Author: Eduard Nemeth
Date: 06:51:47 02/08/03
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On February 08, 2003 at 07:59:30, Janosch Zwerensky wrote: > >>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 The match was published as Man vs. Machine FIDE (!) Wch-Match! I can remember that Kasparov hold his first Wch Title with the win in last game against Karpov! In Year 1987 he beats Karpov in the last game too (bevore was Score 12-11 for Karpov) ! Was this Yesterday also only an show Match, or a right World Championat? Eduard
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