Author: Shaun Graham
Date: 16:48:51 07/14/98
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On July 14, 1998 at 10:32:31, Dave Gomboc wrote: >On July 14, 1998 at 00:43:42, Shaun Graham wrote: > >>Well the point certainly was not that it is unfair, and i intended no such >>insinuation. The point that i am making, is that in a swiss system >>tournament(where most GM's acquire their norms, a situation in which you really >>don't get to do much preparation for your opponent that Fritz would probably be >>able to acquire a GM norm. > >This doesn't wash. GMs prepare for opponents between tournaments, not just 15 >minutes before the next round. During a tournament, a GM might boot up a chess >database program to quickly scan a few recent games of the player they are >paired against, but the real preparation is done long before they are at the >tournament hall. > Dave at the MAJORITY of swiss system tourneys in europe you don't know who is even going to be there much less who you are going to play, so indeed it more than washes.
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