Author: Dave Gomboc
Date: 10:52:12 11/16/98
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On November 15, 1998 at 21:15:39, Robert Hyatt wrote: >On November 15, 1998 at 20:24:56, James B. Shearer wrote: > >>On November 15, 1998 at 13:18:48, Robert Hyatt wrote: >> >>>Hsu memtioned in the 10 game match that most of the games were tactical busts >>>because they seemed to evaluate king safety much better than the micros they >>>were playing against (this reported by someone that went to one of his or >>>Murray's talks). So it is certainly "possible" that they made this >>>positionally, whether it is right or wrong is certainly debatable. It probably >>>leads to a draw, since it was played in the game and the game definitely was >>>drawn at the end, which is not far off from that move... >> >> What are you talking about? Kasparov was soon lost, Deep Blue then >>played inaccurately (44. kf1) allowing Kasparov an obscure drawing chance which >>he overlooked. >> James B. Shearer > > >What I am talking about was exactly what I said. The game was a dead draw when >it ended... Just because Kasparov resigned, the actual "game" ended in a forced >drawn position... Kasparov overlooked the draw after Kf1 as well as at the end >of the game... But the question is, does axb5 *really* provide sufficient >compensation for declining to grab the pawn? Difficult question... I think James may be referring to the assertion that after Kh1 instead of Kf1, Black is busted. Dave Gomboc
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