Author: John Merlino
Date: 12:54:06 11/13/03
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On November 13, 2003 at 15:52:23, John Merlino wrote: >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 One thing I should have mentioned is that most titled commentators watching the CM vs. Christiansen match thought that Black was won in the above position. jm
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