From: Blunderov (squooker@mweb.co.za)
Date: Wed Nov 19 2003 - 04:33:11 MST
[Blunderov]
Match drawn. But not quite as expected - X3d Fritz opened with the d
pawn which came as some surprise. Kasparov found himself playing a
Queen's Gambit Accepted using the same variation with the black pieces
that Vishy Anand had used against him at Wijk aan Zee in 1998.
Soon the situation was exactly as the programmers must have wished: an
open center, queens still on the board and a slight edge for white. In
spite of this the situation was really quite clear cut and Kasparov had
no trouble in setting in motion a sequence of exchanges that left very
little, in terms of both material and complexity, remaining on the
board.
In spite of the obvious respect that Kasparov has for this program, it
is my impression that Kasparov had a reasonably good chance of beating
it in a longer match.
The program still doesn't 'understand' chess. Kasparov knows this about
the program! And, with the proviso that Kasparov avoided tactical
oversights in time pressure, this factor would eventually tell in
Kasparov's favour.
The bottom line is that the worlds best chess players are still better
than the worlds best commercial chess program - but only just.
Best Regards
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