Author: Michel Langeveld
Date: 05:58:42 01/17/00
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On January 17, 2000 at 00:04:21, Havergal Brian wrote: >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. In previous posts on rec.games.computer.chesss and this board it's said that kasparov tolds he didn't believe this move was made by DB. I indeed read on the background information that this moves is a kind of book move. But, thanks for pointing this out anyway! Kind regards, Michel Langeveld
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