Author: Howard Exner
Date: 08:17:03 07/21/98
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On July 21, 1998 at 10:03:10, Moritz Berger wrote: >Rebel leads vs. Anand 4.5 - 1.5 > >Score for the game/5'+5" Fischer increment: >3-1 for Rebel > >Score for the game/15: >1.5-0.5 for Rebel My guesses as stated previously on this CCC board were 3-1 for Rebel in the blitz, 1-1 in the game/15 and 2-0 for Anand in the standard time control. After I thought I should have changed my guess in the game/15 to 2-0 for Anand. This 4.5-1.5 Rebel start is awesome considering the calibre of its opposition in Anand. My only thoughts are that perhaps we must factor in that strength of computers referred to as "mental toughness", "emotional coolness" and "physical fitness". GM authors write often on this theme of how important the above mental,emotional and physical qualities are. Maybe we should give them a greater weight in factoring in strength in chess performance. Many, including G Kasparov himself, said he was "psyched out" by DB. Despite some IM"s being able to play well against computers on the net do not the computers still have the highest ratings overall on the servers. What are the ratings of those "computer savy" IM's and what are the ratings of Ferret, Fritz, Crafty and other software?
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