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Subject: Re: Angst or Millions of Dollars?

Author: Rolf Tueschen

Date: 09:13:35 05/16/03

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On May 16, 2003 at 11:26:13, Uri Blass wrote:

>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.


You begin to see the light, Uri!
Huebner saw that problem in the two other positions too. That's all. But then
he's a GM.



>
>Uri



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