Author: Ed Schröder
Date: 20:27:54 02/03/00
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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. >Thanks. Ahem... where did I say that? Karpov is one of the great players all time. Only that he don't know how to play computers. That is to say yet... Ed
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