Author: Robert Hyatt
Date: 17:33:36 09/17/03
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On September 17, 2003 at 18:53:14, Joe McCarro wrote: ><snip> >>>>it seems that Kasparov had very bad advice about the comparison of the 1997 >>>>Fritz program vs the 1997 DB2 machine that nobody knew much of anything about, >>>>other than "it was big and fast..." >>> >>>I too think he did not think Nxe6 would be played based on the other computers >>>he played in 1997. However I think knowledge abotu compeuter play based on >>>software available in 1997 helped him achieve some comfortable positions against >>>DerB and win Game 1. >> >> >>Yep, but it is very dangerous to enter untreaded water with an unknown opponent. >>IE DB might be tactically weak, tactically equal, or tactically much stronger >>than Fritz (which Kasparov used for practice). Not knowing, and letting others >>tell him "DB is no better than Fritz when you give Fritz lots of time to search" >>was a horrible mistake to make. > >If this was the advise given, I'm not sure that this was such a huge mistake. >I'm not sure what other model he coudl have used to prepare since they didn't >reveal anythign about Der Blue. How many times can you go over the games of >DBvGK I ? The point is this... If you are going to go into a competition with an unknown opponent, you had better base your methodology on known ideas and strategies. _not_ on trying to spring a tactical trap that your opponent might (or might not) overlook. IE practicing tennis against someone with a weak backhand will teach you a bad idea if you happen to go up against someone with a better backhand than forehand. If you don't know what your opponent is capable of, you should be prepared for both. Not betting on just one weakness that might not be there. > > >> >>Sort of like entering into a quick-draw contest and only then discovering that >>you just paired off against Wyatt Earp for the final match... > >Clearly Kasparov was not expecting what he saw in DerB. But I am not sure he >really prepared agaisnt computers for either DB or DerB. Sure he did some prep >work but much of what he said revealed surprising ignorance of computer chess, >what to expect and how to play. Now i am sure he takes these computer opponents >much more seriously. No doubt... But his "advisors" _really_ let him down in the second match, IMHO...
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