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Subject: Re: Kasparov did the right thing by NOT prolonging a long long game !

Author: Jorge Pichard

Date: 15:13:27 02/08/03

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On February 08, 2003 at 17:47:04, Rolf Tueschen wrote:

>On February 08, 2003 at 17:39:34, Jorge Pichard wrote:
>
>>Kasparov knew that if he played 27...Nc5 it could prolonged the game beyond an
>>additional 80 moves which he wasn't ready to endured without making any human
>>blunder. The most important factor to consider is not getting into time trouble,
>>and by playing 27....Nc5 he knew that it was going to be a very long long long
>>game. In a long game Kasparov knew that the computer was NOT going to get tired,
>>or run into time trouble, therefore the most logical thing for him to do was to
>>offered a draw in a slightly better position. I know that this is only a
>>shootout between Fritz8, but take into consiration that Fritz 8
>>always played the best move possible for both sides and being a program, it
>>avoided any possible traps or even worse blunders.
>
>
>1) best move possible is your fantasy

When I said best move possible , I meant it is the best move possible that Fritz
8 can find with its evaluation for both sides, NOT  that it is the best move
possible that could be found.

>2) possible traps is correct
>
>3) long ranged traps was the topic you've left out for reasons unknown :)
>
>Rolf Tueschen
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