Author: Dan Honeycutt
Date: 17:34:35 04/29/05
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On April 29, 2005 at 20:17:59, Rolf Tueschen wrote: >On April 29, 2005 at 16:13:28, Dan Honeycutt wrote: > >>On April 29, 2005 at 05:23:51, Uri Blass wrote: >> >>> >>>The impression of the chess players after the match was that DBII was not better >>>than Kasparov at 1997 inspite of the results. >>> >> >>You are right Uri, but I've never seen the other side (Bob) say that DB was >>better than Kasparov. Apparently some must feel that a 6 game match somehow >>"proves" who is better and they feel a need to vindicate Kasparov. As Bob has >>said, all it proves is who was better for those 6 games. >> >>Dan H. > >But even with that consideration the statement remains false. And that is >exactly because of what Uri explained. If you give up because you have false >assumption about the machine then this has nothing to do with chess as such. >Kasparov WAS capable of counting down to the necessary depth where he could have >seen the draw. But Kasparov was misleaden in thinking that DBII wouldn't have >played the line IF there had been a draw. That is the point. So, it boils down >to such a nonsense and has NOTHING to do with a better chess by DBII. That's the >point. > >So, Bob is completely wrong with his conclusion that DBII had been "better" for >these six games. All that is all logic. Only Hsu set logic out of the event. But >here we re-enter the known debate of cheating science, the spectators worldwide >and Kasparov. Have it your way. Kasparov played better, or could have had he not misjudged his opponent. Does not alter the fact that DB won the match. But winning the match did not prove that DB is the better player. There is no need to make excuses or find reasons for Kasparov's loss. That's my point. Dan H.
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