***** DEEPBLUE4 ***** (You can email this file with "mailhelp DeepBlue4") GAME 4 KASPAROV - DEEP BLUE Philadelphia, PA February 14, 1996 Commentary from the Internet Chess Club. (Titled players' comments only, approximately 1200 lines) GM = Grandmaster IM = International Master FM = FIDE Master DM = Display Master C = computer Last 2 games: Friday and Saturday at 3pm EST. Live commentary for ICC members only. __________________________________________________________________________ Move Kasparov Deep-Blue ---- -------------- -------------- 1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 c6 3. c4 e6 crafty(C)(DM) kibitzes: book moves (Qc2 27%, e3 27%, Nc3 25%, Nbd2 8%, g3 4%, \ cxd5 3%, Bg5 1%, Qb3 0%) Buzzo(FM) kibitzes: Gazza missed a win already! Ferret(C)(DM) kibitzes: what, 1. e4? Buzzo(FM) kibitzes: No, 3.Bf4 is +- against computers Ferret(C)(DM) kibitzes: you may prove this sometime if you wish :) crafty(C)(DM) kibitzes: those are simply moves played by GM's... thought I \ had culled most of the "0" moves however... Move Kasparov Deep-Blue ---- -------------- -------------- 3. c4 e6 4. Nbd2 crafty(C)(DM) kibitzes: book moves (Nf6 68%, f5 31%) Kasparov(GM) kibitzes: Kasparov thought 3 minutes about nbd2. crafty(C)(DM) kibitzes: o.k... if you'd like, I can turn the book move \ kibitzing off... :) **ANNOUNCEMENT** from Naisortep: Type ob 26 to see a LIVE broadcast of the \ 4th Kasparov - Deep Blue Match Game! Type Help quiz18 for background \ information!! crafty(C)(DM) kibitzes: is someone out of book already or is there just a delay \ getting moves here? BadViking(IM) kibitzes: What does DM mean? Move Kasparov Deep-Blue ---- -------------- -------------- 3. c4 e6 4. Nbd2 Nf6 crafty(C)(DM) kibitzes: book moves (g3 60%, e3 40%) BadViking(IM) kibitzes: I see BadViking(IM) kibitzes: Nbd2 is highly unusual Ferret(C)(DM) kibitzes: DM is non-titled players that people hear if they have \ kib set to 2 crafty(C)(DM) kibitzes: they can build good hardware at times, but someone sure \ can't put a webserver together... Kasparov(GM) kibitzes: Kasparov says he rates DB at over 3000 tactically and \ 2300-2400 positionally. BadViking(IM) kibitzes: That doesn't say much! crafty(C)(DM) kibitzes: so deep blue is "thinking" and is out of book... Ferret(C)(DM) kibitzes: what doesn't it say much of? crafty(C)(DM) kibitzes: IBM is one of the largest manufactures of silicon in \ country... Buzzo(FM) kibitzes: indeed, it just says what everybody already knew, \ positionally weak, tactically strong BadViking(IM) kibitzes: How strong DB is Buzzo(FM) kibitzes: not very Ferret(C)(DM) kibitzes: i doubt it is 3000 tactically crafty(C)(DM) kibitzes: cranken: are we *really* waiting while Kasparov thinks \ this early??? Move Kasparov Deep-Blue ---- -------------- -------------- 4. Nbd2 Nf6 5. e3 crafty(C)(DM) kibitzes: your info is bad... they've done more hardware \ innovation than anybody... crafty(C)(DM) kibitzes: book moves (Nbd7 87%, Ne4 12%) Buzzo(FM) kibitzes: hard to express a computers chess-strength in ELO, first of \ all computers don't play chess, but only calculate, second of all, it's not \ so easy to even measure a human's strenght in chess in ELO, after all, ELO \ says something, but not everything... Ferret(C)(DM) kibitzes: that makes sense. Move Kasparov Deep-Blue ---- -------------- -------------- 4. Nbd2 Nf6 5. e3 Nbd7 crafty(C)(DM) kibitzes: book moves (Bd3 85%, b3 14%) Move Kasparov Deep-Blue ---- -------------- -------------- 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 crafty(C)(DM) kibitzes: boo