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Subject: Re: Kaspavor - X3D Fritz Update

Author: John Merlino

Date: 12:52:23 11/13/03

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On November 13, 2003 at 15:47:32, Kurt Utzinger wrote:

>On November 13, 2003 at 15:40:31, John Merlino wrote:
>
>>[Event "Kasparov - X3D Fritz match"]
>>[Site "New York City, USA"]
>>[Date "2003.11.13"]
>>[Round "2"]
>>[White "X3D_Fritz(C)"]
>>[Black "Kasparov(GM)"]
>>[TimeControl "7200+0"]
>>[Result "*"]
>>[ECO "C65"]
>>
>>1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.d3 d6 5.c3 g6 6.O-O Bg7 7.Nbd2 O-O 8.Re1
>>Re8 9.d4 Bd7 10.d5 Ne7 11.Bxd7 Nxd7 12.a4 h6 13.a5 a6 14.b4 f5 15.c4 Nf6
>>16.Bb2 Qd7 17.Rb1 g5 18.exf5 Qxf5 19.Nf1 Qh7 20.N3d2 Nf5 21.Ne4 Nxe4
>>22.Rxe4 h5 23.Qd3 Rf8 24.Rbe1 Rf7 25.R1e2 *
>>
>>IMHO, Fritz is without a plan. This is starting to look almost exactly like the
>>game between CM9000 and GM Christiansen, where CM9000 floundered for a while and
>>Larry slowly built up a brutal attack on the kingside....only to give it away
>>with a questionable rook sacrifice.
>>
>>jm
>
>     Hi John
>     May I disagree: Fritz has done very well so far and
>     Kasparov has nothing at all. But White has still all
>     options on the queenside.
>     Kurt

You most certainly may disagree, and you're probably right! However, this game
is very reminiscent for me. Here's the current position of Fritz v. Kasparov.

[D]r5k1/1pp2rbq/p2p4/P2Ppn1p/1PP1R1p1/3Q4/1B2RPPP/5NK1 w - - 0 26

Now here's the position that Larry Christiansen was able to get against CM9000
in almost exactly the same way that Garry is proceeding now.

[D]8/p1p5/Pp1p2nk/1P1Bq1r1/2P1Pprp/1Q6/5RPP/5R1K w - - 0 53

Obviously, quite a lot of similarities. I think that Garry's current time
pressure (he only has 26 minutes remaining for his next 15 moves) could be VERY
crucial.

jm



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