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Subject: Re: Kasparov vs The World Game is A Draw

Author: Pete R.

Date: 15:39:17 08/05/99

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On August 05, 1999 at 15:02:57, Timothy J. Frohlick wrote:

>On www.zone.com  we have Mr. Kasparov playing against the "world". He is white
>and the world is black.  After blacks 23rd move Bxpawn at b2 we have a draw. I
>have analyzed the game with Hiarcs 7.32 and with best play on both sides it is a
>draw.  Can anyone here find a winning line for white or black?
>
>This brings up the point of "advanced chess".  With computer analysis and human
>play linked together I think that chess will become pretty much a drawn game. It
>might become necessary to give odds of a pawn or go to random chess schemes in
>order to "save chess".
>
>Frankly, I am bored stiff with "Kasparov vs the World" but then I usually play
>game/30min.  I equate chess with boxing, not two sloths wrestling.

As I posted before, even Hiarcs 7.32 makes some horrible moves in positions that
involve pawn races.  The post is still on the board a ways down.  There is no
way any program is going to make a definitive assessment from the current
position.  Deeper Blue maybe, but nothing else. All programs assess the game
pretty close to even, which realistically means both sides have chances, and a
draw is likely.  The programs fail to correctly assess positions that take a GM
a few seconds, yet teams of human GMs have been looking at some of the likely
endgames and pawn races for well over a week, and the best they can say is
"unclear".



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