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Subject: Re: Garry Kasparov - My Great Predecessors

Author: Uri Blass

Date: 02:25:15 09/29/03

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On September 28, 2003 at 02:42:01, Derek Paquette wrote:

>On September 28, 2003 at 00:15:02, Mark Young wrote:
>
>>H. Pillsbury - Em. Lasker
>>After whites 17 move of f5
>>
>>[D]2r2rk1/pp3pp1/4bb1p/q2p1P1Q/3P4/2N5/PP4PP/1K1R1B1R b - - 0 1
>>
>>Here GM Kasparov gives 17..Rxc3 a (!!) mark. With the comment that the move
>>Rxc3!! is beyond the powers of even a strong computer.
>>
>>Is Rxc3 really beyond the powers of a strong computer? Or is the move Rxc3 not
>>worthy of a (!!) because it leads only to a draw. This is what the computers see
>>after blacks 17..Rxc3.
>Kasparov likes to say a lot of things, same with Vlad.
>These guys both claim that Junior and Df7 are stronger than DBII,
>but DBII only had a 4000 position openning book compared to hundreds of
>thousands to low millions of these others...
>no comparison really

4000 positions were only the manually generated book.

I also see no reason to compare opening book that are the unimportant thing.
The important thing is that DBII did not play a single game since 1997.

I see no reason to believe that DB2 is better.
You cannot claim superiority after you decide to avoid playing.

Uri

Uri



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