Bent Larsen vs Deep Thought (Computer) (1988)

Bent Larsen vs Deep Thought (Computer)
Long Beach 1988 · English Opening: King's English Variation. General (A20) · 0-1

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Jan-24-09		rwbean: "Recent analysis, with a more powerful chess computer (Deep Blue Jr), showed that Deep Thought could have played a combination and possibly won the game outright on move seventeen. (Ne5 with the idea of Nf3 giving up the c pawn for a strong attack, possibly with Bd3 later." -- "Behind Deep Blue", p84 Ne5 is the first and only move that Rybka 3 considers (17 ply, eval +1.20, pv 17... Ne5 18. b3 Nf3+ 19. Bxf3) "On move twenty-six, Bent made a slight error ... In reality, the bad move was the next one [move 27]". -- p85 Rybka prefers 26... Nc3 (15 ply, eval +0.37)

Jan-25-09		perfidious: A few months before this game, I had the dubious pleasure of facing the monster at the US Open; it was the latter of the two times I've opened 1.g3 in my life. After losing, I was a little put out, as I felt I could have played better-then the wretch destroyed Igor Ivanov in twenty-odd moves in the next round !!

Dec-11-09		Landman: As I recall, this was the first time a GM lost to a computer under tournament conditions.

Oct-16-10		ttr2121: You are correct, Landman. It was at a Swiss in Santa Monica, Thanksgiving weekend 88. Tal was also a guest of the tournament. I was there and remember well the buzz that went up when Larsen got smoked.

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