Author: Miguel A. Ballicora
Date: 10:37:04 04/29/02
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On April 29, 2002 at 12:02:48, Roy Eassa wrote: >On April 29, 2002 at 11:01:28, Robert Hyatt wrote: > >>Smirin was a "bit lucky"? Had the second and third games been played at >>40/2hr he would have been 3-0 after three games. He was winning in all >>three but time caused two of them to become draws. >> >>I wish _I_ had that kind of "luck". > > >Good point about those early games. > >But I also think Smirin got complacent or cocky after that early degree of >success and got himself into unnecessary trouble in the last two games. In the >former one, he had a position that would be easy (IMO) for nearly any master to >draw against any opponent yet he "fell asleep" and allowed himself to drift into >a losing position (with numerous technical glitches perhaps helping in that >regard). And in the latter one, he made a conscious but unwise (IMHO) *choice* >to play 17.cxd4 instead of 17.c4 which would have closed the position. Within I do not think that he was "outplayed", I think that he made a tactical mistake and could not recovered. I think that he did not see Qd7 after b4. Otherwise, there is no explanation unless he wanted to commit a positional suicide. Tiger played well, but nothing spectacular. It just did the homework because the position just plays alone. When Tiger needed to do the moves it needed to do failed miserably. >the next several moves he was outplayed and reached a possibly losing position >before his world-class comeback. The troubles in both games were directly due, >IMHO, to his lack of respect of the computer's abilities. IMHO it was the same kind of problem that many players have once in a while in quiet positions. They just do not play with the same kind of energy and when they realize it, it is too late. This problem is particularly bad in rapid games. >A key part of successful anti-computer technique is, IMO, *always* recognizing >what can happen if you take the computer lightly. You can rarely survive if you >let your guard down or take unnecessary risks against these beasts! Yes, but OTOH, you have to risk in order to win. Smirin did a reasonable dose. He could have done better. He'll do even better next time... you know... humans learn. Regards, Miguel
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