Author: Robert Hyatt
Date: 06:26:34 04/25/00
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On April 25, 2000 at 00:36:37, Mark Ryan wrote: >On April 24, 2000 at 16:50:57, Robert Hyatt wrote: > >>On April 24, 2000 at 05:10:08, Mark Ryan wrote: >> >>>Here are the 12 entrants and their ratings. Where will Fritz finish? >>> >>>J Piket 2643 >>>L van Wely 2646 >>>D Reinderman 2561 >>>J van der Wiel 2558 >>>E van den Doel 2522 >>>F Nijboer 2540 >>>D de Vreugt 2498 >>>M Bosboom 2461 >>>H Grooten 2393 >>> >>>invited: >>>S Tiviakov 2567 >>>P van der Sterren 2526 >>>Fritz SSS* >> >> >>My best guess is going to be right in the middle of the pack. The only wild- >>card is that van der Sterren won't play it, and giving it an automatic 1 there >>is a big plus. >> >>I think the interesting thing will be the last half of the games, after it has >>played several good players and everyone has a chance to study it a bit... I'd >>be highly surprised to find it winning this unless this is a game/60 or game/30 >>type event. I didn't see the time control... what does it look like??? if it >>is one of the faster limits I gave above, then my opinion will revise upward to >>somewhere in the top 3 or so... > >Hi: I am unable to find the time control anywhere, but considering that there >is only one round per day and that it is the Dutch Championship, I am guessing >that it is a standard time control. >Mark That was my assumption too. But occasionally such events have blitz games and other things thrown in. That's why I asked. at 40/2, my original guess would be my choice.
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