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Subject: Re: Angst or Millions of Dollars?

Author: Uri Blass

Date: 08:26:13 05/16/03

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On May 16, 2003 at 10:14:26, Rolf Tueschen wrote:

>On May 16, 2003 at 09:17:12, Uri Blass wrote:
>
>>On May 15, 2003 at 18:50:51, Rolf Tueschen wrote:
>>
>>>On May 15, 2003 at 14:12:19, Peter Berger wrote:
>>>
>>>>On May 15, 2003 at 11:07:55, Rolf Tueschen wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>On May 15, 2003 at 06:31:39, Uri Blass wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>>On May 15, 2003 at 05:33:21, Rolf Tueschen wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>On May 14, 2003 at 18:53:05, Peter Berger wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>Or maybe neither?
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>I have only looked at the analysis of game 5, move 16 so far. Let's try with
>>>>>>>>Huebner's mainline:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>16. g3 Nh2+ 17. Kf2 Ng4+ 18. Ke1 Qh3 19. Rg1 Nd7 20. e4 dxe4 21. Nxe4 Qh2 22.
>>>>>>>>Rf1 Qg2 23. Bc1
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>Here Huebner only gives 23. ...Nh2 when 23. ...Nf6 looks like a clear
>>>>>>>>improvement IMHO and I think if someone has problems it isn't black.
>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>Your [Peter and you] 23...Nf6 is IMO NOT better because of the line Huebner gave
>>>>>before: NxN, NxN and then f5 which excludes the black B. Huebner: "White has a
>>>>>won game." That you two can't understand that is no argument.
>>>>
>>>>The idea in "my" position is slightly different: 23..Nf6 24. Nxf6+ gxf6 25. f5
>>>>Nh2 26. Rf4 Nf3+ 27. Rxf3 Qxf3 when also g3 hangs and a permanent blocking of
>>>>the bishop seems impossible.
>>>
>>>
>>>Blabla! Your position with gxf6 is a completely different than what I meant. Of
>>>course in that case (gxf6) probably a different chunk will executed. What I was
>>>telling was, that Huebner knows such positions better than we mortals. And
>>>please follow the lines given if you want to debate such positions. Where did I
>>>say that after gxf6 I wanted to play f5?
>>>
>>>
>>>>
>>>>Don't forget we are discussing Kasparov's 16th move here and millions or angst
>>>>are given as reasons why he discarded it. I don't think Huebner would say that
>>>>the position at move 27 is won for white and as I said I don't think black has
>>>>problems here
>>>
>>>
>>>How could I forget that we (let's better say Huebner!) discussed Kasparov's move
>>>16? And indeed Huebner wanted to say that White has an almost won position, yes,
>>>that was it what he said. At least g3 was the only move that could win.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>>
>>>>>You two, me included, are almost nothing without the help of computers.
>>>>
>>>>Speak only for yourself, please.
>>>
>>>Oh, excuse me... Do you really want to challenge Huebner? Either you are someone
>>>else under pseudonym or you are impostering. And you want to explain that the
>>>opening with gxf6 is a good move in the game? I must admit I didn't have the
>>>time to look at it. But Huebner surely had the time and IF gxf6 would be a
>>>boomer he certainly wouldn't have given NxNf6 and NxN in his analysis. Just IMO
>>>of course. But Huebner is allegedly only the best German player, ok, if we
>>>forget some who came from elsewhere after 1989. And he certainly would not
>>>oversee such a possibility that _you_ could find after an analysis with FRITZ.
>>>Ok so far or do you want to claim some higher status, higher than Huebner?  :)
>>
>>The level of Heubner is irrelevant for this discussion.
>
>I don't know. At least he's actually the highest rated player who assisted my
>longtime theory that such show events with pre-paid money only leads to
>irregular games. It's public relations if you want. Huebner gave three examples
>for iredibly strange and weak play by Kasparov. Others gave the same for Kramnik
>in his Bahrain show against FRITZ. The class of huebner is already the message.
>
>
>
>>
>>If g3 is good for white and Heubner did not give an analysis to convince Peter
>>berger than Heubner did a bad analysis.
>
>
>Peter Berger is irrelevant for this discussion since he is nothing without his
>computer analyses. Or he is someone under pseudonym. But that hypothesis is
>improbable because then Peter would NOT have given this naive gxf6.
>
>But let me analyse what you said. If a medical doctor could not "convince" you,
>that you had some specific illness, you wouldn't take the medication? How do you
>examine if the doctor is right? How do you examine if Huebner is correct? With
>FRITZ? Peter Berger analysed with FRITZ. No wonder that FRITZ didn't tell him
>why gxf6 is worse than Nxf6. Did you ever see a computer program that knew such
>things? Even Kasparov failed to work with FRITZ in 1997. Uri, do you believe the
>numbers on the display? +.85? Did you ever play Gambits? Have fun!
>
>Another point. If I write a new book, a novel, I write it for myself. Not for
>Uri. If Uri doesn't understand my novel, then it's Uri's prob, not mine.
>
>Also. Analyses are never decisive. Just come into the circus and play a line
>against me, Uri! But unfortunately I am a GM, rather old, but I am still playing
>in several European leagues while you are just the operator of some computer
>progs. I am famous in my country, in special for my analyses. Huebner is a
>trademark of analysis so to speak.
>
>
>
>
>>
>>Analysis is to help people to uunderstand and giving the right move is not
>>enough to say that the analysis is a good analysis.
>
>
>If you are a kid you surely can't profit from such analyses, unless you are a
>future GM! See the circle? - Pachman is dead. There is no successor yet. Huebner
>is no pedagogic genius. He does all the analyses for his own fun. He expects a
>certain sum of money if he should train juveniles. BTW he already did! ChessBase
>reported it. And paid it.
>
>
>
>>
>>I did not analyze the position that is discussed to give an opinion about the
>>position so I give no opinion in this post about the question if g3 is winning.
>>
>
>
>The question is NOT if it's winning! The question is that this is the only
>reasonable continuation if you want to win... So by leaving this move aside you
>will draw without any doubt! Good decision for the sponsors and the computer
>team from Israel. Bad decision for chess.

I do not know

It is easy to criticize after the game a decision to go for a draw and not for
an unclear position.

Computers are very strong in tactics and the decision of kasparov not to go to
unclear position but to go for a draw is a decision that I understand.

The main problem is the decision to go for a draw in the last game when kasparov
said that he had a better position.

Uri



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