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Subject: Re: commentaries

Author: rait

Date: 14:56:55 11/16/03

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On November 16, 2003 at 17:53:52, rait wrote:

>JackStraw(FM) kibitzes: see you Tuesday. For those interested in technical
>background for the match, www.chesscity.com has a lot of Man vs. Machine
>background.
>AZ79(IM) kibitzes: no... losing a5-pawn is bit like 7.a4 winawer.. then you get
>the counter-attack on K-side.. so far Fritz played "OK" but it didn't understand
>the position at all. it never started the counter-attack with f7-f5-f4
>AZ79(IM) kibitzes: don't forget Kasparov has over-played the computer in all 3
>games. humans still better than computers
>Volkov(GM) kibitzes: black have only one weakness a5, it is enough for winning
>AZ79(IM) kibitzes: the match is tied, but there is no question who plays the
>better chess. just like Kramnik-Fritz, Kasparov-DB, Kasparov-Junior
>AZ79(IM) kibitzes: the computer relies on cheap shots

and :

AZ79(IM) kibitzes: yes, GK outplayed fritz in the second game. The computer had
no clue how to handle the position, and its position got gradually worse. Then
GK had a black moment and allowed the cheap shot xe5



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