Author: Terry McCracken
Date: 11:24:20 07/25/05
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On July 25, 2005 at 14:09:59, Joachim Rang wrote: >On July 25, 2005 at 11:57:15, Terry McCracken wrote: > >>On July 25, 2005 at 11:46:27, Joachim Rang wrote: >> >>>On July 25, 2005 at 10:59:48, Terry McCracken wrote: >>> >>>>As to your question, they won't ask Anand as he most likely will win at long >>>>time controls and he's expensive! At least the Hydra team most likely won't >>>>arrange a match with Anand. >>>> >>>>ChessBase, who knows? Maybe they will maybe they won't. Does Anand care, I don't >>>>know, as he considered the match(es) of Kramnik and Kasparov as trivial, ie not >>>>to be taken seriously. >>>> >>>>Terry >>> >>>I got different informations. Anand does not like to play against computers and >>>said during the machtes with Kasparov and Kramnik that he would not like to >>>change with Kramnik and Kasparov who faced as he said very tough opponents. I >>>think Anand does not want to play since he knows he will probably loose. For one >>>million I think he would play but I'm not sure whether Pal-Group will invest so >>>much money. >>> >>>By the way Anand would loose against Hydra as every human being on this planet >>>without computer assistance. >>> >>>But a match against Fritz, Shredder or Junior could be interesting given they >>>ran on not too fast hardware. >>> >>>regards Joachim >> >>I'm sorry but you don't know that Anand whould lose, he's very stong, much >>stronger than Adams. Kasparov would at least draw if he'd prepare and could win, >>but he's out of the picture. He could lose, but that happens...he has the >>strength to win and so does Anand. >> >>Hydra is very strong in tactics and plays a good positional game but it's far >>from perfect. >> >>Adams missed a possible win and a few draws. Some tough one easy. >> >>Terry > > >I would be happy if I could agree with you but unfortunately I no longer believe >in an equal battle. At least Hydra seems out of reach, although I agree that >Adams played poor. If it comes to a battle with a PC-Engine there might be a >chance for a drawn match for the Top-Players but no chance to win a match. > >You know they all _could_ beat the machines if they would play 6 perfect games >(as they do from time to time) but they can't play 6 perfect games in a row. :-( > >regards Joachim Yes pressure seems to be the major factor. If they could handle the pressure they could beat even Hydra. But six perfect games, not likely, but 4 very good games, possible. Fischer would have in his day, although people don't want to admit such an awful thing, as Fischer is !@#$%^&*()and more!;-) Terry
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