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Subject: Re: Kasparov-Fritz - The Opening

Author: David Dahlem

Date: 13:24:58 11/17/03

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On November 17, 2003 at 16:20:05, Ingo Lindam wrote:

>On November 17, 2003 at 16:12:14, David Dahlem wrote:
>
>>Kasparov's reaction after the a6 move was really off the wall! He looked to me
>>like he was not happy. Not at all what one would expect, especially since he
>>proceeded to gain a winning advantage fairly quickly. Fitting in with the
>>conspiracy theory proposed above, his reaction would have to be a total acting
>>job. :-)
>
>Well, a6 was not a bad move... (although you could ask why should a computer
>play this...and in particular why against Kasparov) and a move Kasparov played
>himself this year (although the game was somehow a rather bad experience for
>him). The weak move of Fritz was rather 7...a5. How did Garry look after 7...a5?
>
>BTW... Kasparov does a perfect acting job in all his games. This is really no
>hint towards conspiracy.
>
>Best regards,
>Ingo

I realize Kasparov does show his emotions during play, going through all sorts
of facial contortions, but this seemed to be much more than normal. His acting
might have an effect on human opponents, but Fritz wasn't watching him. Maybe
the day will come when a computer player has an "eye" to watch human opponents.
:-)

Regards
Dave



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