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Old 11-27-2006, 06:24 PM
Ortho Ortho is offline
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Default Re: Bad Beat in Chess?

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I'm not sure how much you researched the this match, but I was certain Kramnik had no chance of winning until I read about the actual rules of the match. There are several ridiculous rules which are all designed to give Kramnik a chance. For example, while Fritz is still in it's opening book, Kramnik sees all of the computers evalutions for it's moves and his possible counter moves. That is just one example.

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Good catch. When I first saw the line at Pinnacle (Kramnik +.5 +225 or so), I thought that Kramnik had to be value there. When I spent an hour or so reading about it and finding out that chess people seemed to think that the line was pretty good, I realized I had no clue/angle on the match and that my judgment couldn't be trusted on this so I
passed and forgot about it. The rules might've swung me back but I try to listen when my inner voice tells me not to bet. [img]/images/graemlins/tongue.gif[/img]
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