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Subject: Re: Tournament of the century

Author: blass uri

Date: 14:15:01 02/12/99

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On February 12, 1999 at 16:56:20, Jeremiah Penery wrote:

>On February 12, 1999 at 16:45:57, Dann Corbit wrote:
>
>>On February 12, 1999 at 16:37:32, Eugene Nalimov wrote:
>>
>>>On February 12, 1999 at 15:30:46, Dann Corbit wrote:
>>>
>>>>On February 12, 1999 at 15:23:45, Bruce Moreland wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>On February 12, 1999 at 13:31:33, Alain Lyrette wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>>Hey gang!Want to know who's the real champion of the world?How about a 4
>>>>>>player's tournament?Kasparov,Anand,Karpov and...Deepest blue?Your prediction
>>>>>>please.....
>>>>>
>>>>>I think I know who would finish 4th.
>>>>Who?
>>>>I would guess Karpov.
>>>
>>>IMHO, it'll be much easier for Karpov to play against DB than either
>>>for Kasparov or Anand. It'll be much easier for him to properly play
>>>anti-computer startegy than for other two.
>>Well, he would still have to beat Anand and/or Kasparov.  I figure he would meet
>>Anand in the consolation round and get beat.  I was not aware of his
>>anti-computer ability.  Is this due to his style of play (closed?) or experience
>>against computers or???
>
>That'd certainly be my guess.  Karpov doesn't like to take even the smallest
>chance...His play is much less tactical than the others, which would be good
>against DB - if anyone tries to get into a tactical bout with DB, even Kasparov,
>he's _very_ likely to lose.
>Maybe Karpov would do no better against DB than the others, but he won't really
>have to change his style much, like the others might - it'll be easier on him.
>
>Jeremiah

I do not agree about it.
karpov won deep thought only because of a mistake of deep thought in a drawn
rook endings
I do not know about achievements of karpov in the past against computers.

I think that karpov is the worst player against computers(relative to humans
with similiar rating).

Uri






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