Author: Sherry Washington
Date: 18:27:44 07/21/03
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On July 21, 2003 at 20:01:30, John Merlino wrote: >On July 21, 2003 at 19:50:20, Russell Reagan wrote: > >>On July 21, 2003 at 19:05:01, John Merlino wrote: >> >>>This is true. In the 4-game match between CM9000 and GM Christiansen, Larry >>>played VERY exciting chess, with lots of tactics and wild positions. The result >>>was, of course, a 2.5-1.5 win for CM9000. >> >>It sounds like you're saying he barely lost the match despite his playing style >>in those games. Do you think he would have faired significantly better had he >>employed the "safer" style of play? > >Actually, if we had wanted, we could have worn him down in the last game and >possibly won 3.0 to 1.0. We were up a pawn in the endgame (2 rooks and 4 pawns >to 2 rooks and 3 pawns), so we theoretically could have won that. However, by >offering a draw we won the match, which was certainly all we could have asked >for. > >But, I would definitely say that, yes, if Larry had played a much more patient >style, he probably would have won. But the games would not have been anywhere >near as exciting to watch! > >jm What makes you think he would have won? Van wely certainly played patient as well as bareev all they could manage was draws. Christian has years of expierence playing computers on icc, he is very familiar with computer play yet could not win a match for money.
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