Author: Havergal Brian
Date: 21:04:21 01/16/00
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On January 16, 2000 at 08:57:24, Michel Langeveld wrote: >On January 16, 2000 at 02:23:14, James B. Shearer wrote: > >> Perhaps this is old news, but I just noticed the IBM web site now has >>what appear to be the famous game logs for the second Deep Blue Kasparov match. >>They appear fairly incomprehensible to me but perhaps someone can figure them >>out. >> James B. Shearer > >Nxe6 in game 6 was already a book move!!! DB did good homework because after >till kasparov's b5 everything was still in book: > > 8 Nxe6! > 8 .... Qe7 > 9 0-0 fxe6 >10 Bg6+ Kd8 >11 Bf4 b5 (out of book Nd5 was book) > >Kasparov's 16 ... Bc6 was indeed not expected. (Nc7 was expected) and raised th >e advantage from: +41 to +137. > >But also 18 ... Bxe7 was not the strongest. (Nxe7 was expected) and raised the >advantage from +159 to +267. After DB's move 19 c4 kasparov gave up. Nxe6 is a "well-known" book move. This is nothing new. I would recommend checking out the various books on the match. Excellent reading.
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