Author: Terry McCracken
Date: 03:54:41 08/05/03
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On August 05, 2003 at 05:50:48, José de Jesús García Ruvalcaba wrote: >On August 04, 2003 at 23:48:54, Terry McCracken wrote: > >>On August 04, 2003 at 19:58:43, Dan Andersson wrote: >> >>> I have a hard time not thinking he did it on purpose. Having a firm belief he >>>could score an easy point. IMO h6 is playable. If you are a masochist. And >>>follow it up by fxe6 Bg6+ Ke7. >>> >>>MvH Dan Andersson >> >>No Kasparov blundered, and lost control of the game...he could have played >>better but his will was crushed. I remember as soon as he made his finger >>slip he buried his face in his hands, he wasn't very happy at all. Kasparov >>didn't allow the sac on purpose, it's too complicated after 7.Nxe6! and that >>was the last thing Kasparov wanted in his last game, unclear variations. >> >>Joel Benjamin intentionally added 7.Nxe6 to Deep Blues Book in the event >>Kasparov happen to play the Caro-Khan and in the way he played it. >> >>Joel is Psychic!;-) >> >>Terry > >Joel Benjamin is not a psychic, he is only a strong grandmaster who used to be >much stronger some fifteen years ago, who has plenty of experience playing >against world class players (against weaker players too of course), who had >enough time to study Kasparov's games and opening repertoire (not counting the >financial incentives and the intellectual reward), and who did his job quite >well. >You can be sure he added plenty of more lines which did not occur in the match, >they were part of his job too. Probably he missed some lines, but he is not to >be blamed since very few players can keep up with Kasparov on opening theory. >José. Excuse me? First I know something about Joel Benjamin, two, don't you understand when someone makes whimsical remark? Of course it was chance, but he prepared a great book for Deep Blue, and that's what I meant.
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