Author: Tim Mirabile
Date: 14:41:09 10/04/99
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On October 03, 1999 at 15:02:47, Bruce Moreland wrote: >On October 03, 1999 at 12:44:42, Steve Schooler wrote: > >>My understanding is that in game 5 of the last (6 game) Kasparov vs Deep Blue >>match, at one point: Deep Blue was winning (or close to it); Deep Blue then >>tactically blundered, which allowed Kasparov to achieve a perpetual; and >>Kasparov overlooked it. This was game 2 of the '97 match, I was in the press room at the time. >It's not like this is easy, extremely strong human players didn't see this >during the game (including Kasparov), and a lot of analysis was invested in the >game afterwards, which wouldn't have happened if the position was trivial. Not that I'm a real strong player, but I remember thinking after Deep Blue made its move, that Kasparov had to try ...Qe3 and hope there was something there. It was basically process of elimination, either make that move, or resign - no need to think about it for a human. But before I could begin to analyse the consequences, Kasparov had already resigned. I don't think many strong players had the chance to look for a move during the game because Kasparov resigned so quickly. For example, Miguel Illescas was there next to me in the press room, but he was talking to someone when Deep Blue moved, and he didn't get a chance to look at the position before Garry resigned. Of course, this created a sensation in the press room and no further analysis was made.
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