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Subject: Re: How many programs can find the drawish move 26.h3!

Author: Uri Blass

Date: 12:54:37 05/12/03

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On May 12, 2003 at 15:09:08, Jorge Pichard wrote:

>In the Second game Kasparov was very upset at the board soon after playing
>(diagram) 25...Qa1+. He realized a few moves later that White could force him to
>take a perpetual check draw with a surprising queen sacrifice. In the press
>conference he said that he thought he had a forced win with the queen check, but
>that in hindsight 25...f4 would have been stronger.
>
>
>Junior co-programmer Amir Ban quotes someone from Kasparov's team as saying
>afterwards that 25...f4 26.h3! was also a draw.

I do not believe it.
I did not see a proof that 26.h3 is a draw and I see no reason to trust somebody
from kasparov's team that I even do not know his name.

Uri





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