Author: Vincent Diepeveen
Date: 02:43:43 06/30/99
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On June 30, 1999 at 05:34:06, blass uri wrote: > >On June 30, 1999 at 03:22:01, Brett Clark wrote: > >>From the Chessbase website: >> >>"Fritz saved the day for the computers with a brilliant win against the Ivan >>Sokolov. The 2620 GM played a novelty which he had prepared together with Ulf >>Andersson and Jan Timman for the latter’s match against Garry Kasparov last >>year. Unfortunately Fritz completely refuted the idea with some masterful >>tactical strokes which stunned Sokolov and forced him to resign in 22 moves." >> >>Someone help me out here. I'm a 1300 patzer, so I don't know if this is true or >>not. I recall reading some posts that Sokolov just made a bad mistake, and >>Fritz really didn't do anything worthy of praise. I'd like to hear some >>opinions on the Chessbase spin doctor's version of the win. > >People meant to the tactical mistake at move 17. > >I think that Fritz helped sokolov to do the bad mistake. >I think that sokolov did a bad mistake when he did not use computer program in >his preperation and was not prepared to 13.Bh6. >Another computer program and not only Fritz can find 13.Bh6 easily with >advantage for white. > >I am not sure if 13.Bh6 is winning but I read that this was the opinion of a GM. >and if this is the case then the mistake of sokolov at move 17 only caused the >game to be shorter but did not change the result. > >Sokolov lost in 22 moves because of a bad mistake in move 17 but I am not sure >if he could save the game after move 13 of Fritz. > >Uri I was there life, just 1 metre away from Sokolov. Before the game Sokolov thought very long. He definitely didn't use something he prepared. Move 11 of black is a clear and obvious blunder. Bh6 is not easy to find, and was probably missed by Sokolov when playing his 11th move, but he definitely didn't make the impression that he prepared it. Only anand can play this losing line against anyone. I consider this whole openings idea with black completely suicidal. Look at the facts: white has 1 open file. White has more space. White just needs to develop and put pressure and profit from tactical mistakes of black. When black survives it tactical and doesn't make a big mistake then white just need to run with its kingside pawns. Strategical very easy. Any program plays there at a very high level, i wouldn't want to call it 3000 level, but definitely super-GM level. That Anand did survive that against fritz and even managed to win, only demonstrates the high level of the absolute world top. Personally i don't give a penny for someone playing this with black against a computer. I take bets 1 to 100 at the ICC server in this line. It's in my programs book, and against humans always plays 1.e4... Greetings, Vincent
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