Author: John Warfield
Date: 16:55:06 02/03/00
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On February 03, 2000 at 18:59:51, Dann Corbit wrote: >On February 03, 2000 at 18:54:11, Chessfun wrote: > >>On February 03, 2000 at 18:43:00, Ed Schröder wrote: >> >>>On February 03, 2000 at 17:19:22, John Warfield wrote: >>> >>>> >>>> I have heard several people claim that karpov would be the best against >>>>computers. I think this is untrue, as karpov barely beat deep thought in 1986, >>>>actually the positional was drawn and deepthought blundered. Another game is the >>>>draw karpov got against a mere micro program schredder. In 1996 Karpov conducted >>>>a simul exhibition at the aegon tournament where fritz4 managed to draw him. >>>>Actually kasparov has a much better record. >>> >>>You are absolutely right about Karpov who can't play computers. A few >>>years ago a kind of Rebel Decade 2.0 version played two 30/all games >>>against Karpov on a poor Pentium-200. Two draws. And in the last game >>>Karpov was rescued by the organizers offering him a draw in a bad >>>position while having very little time on his clock too. The 2 games >>>are somewhere on my pages for those who are interested. >>> >>>Ed >> >> >>While you both may be right that Karpov don't excel against >>computers, saying he *sucks* is a bit strong. > >Besides which, it is a very small sample to form any sort of an opinion, let >alone "He sucks at it." > >I seem to recall that he has an online account and does very well against >computers. Or am I remembering wrong? I know one of the really big-wigs plays >online. I thought it was Karpov. What do you mean small sample? There are atleast 8 games between Karpov and computers which have been made public, Karpov is and was a 2700 rated player, if a 2700 rated player cannot defeat computers that are struggling to be recognized as 2500 players, I think it is a fair assumption to say that he sucks at playing against them.
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