Author: Martin Giepmans
Date: 16:46:48 02/09/03
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On February 09, 2003 at 17:32:38, mike schoonover wrote:
>from your comments am i to assume you can change dj's move
>on the fly in the game?
>this is how i interpret them.
>what am i missing?
>regards
>mike
>
>We did
>not play the expected Rauzer 6. Bg5 and this move seems designed to avoid
>anything Boris had in mind}
>
>We knew that in this sort of position
>Junior does not much like the move f4, and we debated whether we want to play
>this move out of book. The decision taken was not to do so, and let the engine
>make the choice. This move shuts out this possibility}
>
>{Draw was offered here by Kasparov. He told the arbiter that since the program
>was showing negative score, he can claim a draw. He has no such right in the
>rules, and the arbiter quite properly answered "no comment". In fact Deep Junior
>was showing +0.40, but Boris said white has no advantage and was inclined to
>accept. We initially declined the offer and then a debate started between me and
>Boris, with Shay (who was operating) joining us every few minutes. Boris
>suggested 27. Ba3 Rc4 and we let DJ analyze on the backup machine. It would
>continue 28. a5 and felt quite good about itself.}
>
>{After this move Boris, in his gentle way, became more insistent: 28. f4 f6 and
>the black king comes to e6. If white now plays a5, said Boris, then I as black
>play b5 and I want to win! We both could see on the analysis machine that Junior
>wanted to play a5 in every possible variation. I had to agree that Boris was
>making more sense than Deep Junior.}
>
>well i may be a duck,but it seems to me you have at least three people
>plus dj against gary.
>regards
>mike
In the first part of his commentary Amir clearly talks about book preparation
before the game. No problem, I think. Garry also can consult others (and
computers) before the game.
But near the end Amir talks about consultation _during_ the game.
I agree with you that that is strange, because AFAIK Kasporov _doesn't_ have the
right to consult others (and computers) during the game.
Why should the programmers team have a right that the human player doesn't
have?
Especially the "consultation" of Junior amazes me. The team saw that Junior
would probably make a mistake (a5) so .. they agreed to a draw.
This doesn't seem fair. If the rules allow that they should be changed IMO.
Martin
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