Author: Dave Gomboc
Date: 19:55:43 02/09/03
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I certainly appreciate your comments. I think I must question the legitimacy of
using feedback from a backup computer to decide whether to take a draw or not,
though. I wasn't aware that an operator is allowed to consult a second
computer(!) en route to deciding whether to offer and/or accept a draw or not.
Did the match rules have anything to say about this?
Dave
On February 09, 2003 at 17:11:26, Amir Ban wrote:
>
>[Event "X3D Man vs. Machine"]
>[Site "New York City"]
>[Date "2003.02.07"]
>[Round "6"]
>[White "Deep Junior 8"]
>[Black "Garry Kasparov"]
>[Result "1/2-1/2"]
>[ECO "B92"]
>
>1. e4
>
>{There was huge excitement everywhere for this final deciding game. ESPN had
>done a long interview with us the day before, and were now covering it live, the
>first time ever they have covered a chess event. Every game so far had been
>exciting, with creativity and good chess shown by both. It was a shame that this
>last deciding game was to be different: uneventful and somewhat lacking in
>content}
>
>1... c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6
>
>{Najdorf at last}
>
>6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. O-O O-O 9. Kh1 Bd7
>
>{A strange move to play here. This match had undercurrents and one of them was
>the battle of opening preparations. Kasparov, with his team, is acknowledged as
>the world's best in this regard, and after game one we feared that he is going
>to kill us with preparation alone. However, as the match progressed, with the
>intense effort that Boris Alterman was putting into this, it became clear that
>we are getting the upper hand, what with Nfd7 in game 4 and this move. We did
>not play the expected Rauzer 6. Bg5 and this move seems designed to avoid
>anything Boris had in mind}
>
>10. Be3 Bc6 11. Bf3
>
>{With both bishops misplaced Deep Junior is unable to develop any meaningful
>initiative for the rest of the game. 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}
>
>11... Nbd7 12. a4 b6 13. Qd3 Bb7 14. h3 Rc8 15. Rad1 h6 16. Rfe1 Qc7 17. g3
>
>{An attempt to put the bishop on a more sensible square and get white's game
>going, but it's too late since that exchange of queens can no longer be avoided}
>
>17... Rfd8 18. Kh2 Re8
>
>{Who's the computer here, white or black ?}
>
>19. Re2 Qc4 20. Qxc4 Rxc4 21. Nd2 Rc7 22. Bg2 Rec8 23. Nb3 Rxc3 24. bxc3 Bxe4
>25. Bc1
>
>{Kasparov overlooked this strong move. It's probably here that he decided it's
>time to draw}
>
>25... Bxg2 26. Kxg2 Rxc3
>
>{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.}
>
>27. Ba3 Ne8
>
>{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.}
>
>28. f4 {Draw agreed. Match over!
>
>In the ESPN interview held while still in the playing room, and later in the
>press conference Kasparov quite candidly said that he thought he had the better
>position but would not risk losing} 1/2-1/2
>
>Amir
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