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Subject: Re: Missed Draw by Kramnik

Author: Uri Blass

Date: 14:20:20 10/16/02

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On October 16, 2002 at 16:44:08, Joachim Rang wrote:

>On October 16, 2002 at 16:20:55, Bob Durrett wrote:
>
>>On October 16, 2002 at 16:09:06, Uri Blass wrote:
>>
>>>On October 16, 2002 at 15:51:29, Joachim Rang wrote:
>>>
>>>>On October 16, 2002 at 15:23:12, Ingo Althofer wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>Now feature article at the official event site
>>>>>
>>>>>http://www.brainsinbahrain.com/
>>>>>
>>>>>Ingo Althofer.
>>>>
>>>>amazing.
>>>>
>>>>I can't believe it...
>>>
>>>I also do not understand it.
>>>
>>>Kramnik is not a computer.
>>>
>>>I could understand computer that resign based on material counting but I expect
>>>humans to think and resign only if they see a plan for the opponent to win and
>>>not only to increase the material advantage.
>>>
>>>Uri
>>
>>The only explaination which makes sense to me is that the reason for Kramnik's
>>resignation must be explained in terms of psychology.  He must have felt a
>>terrific let-down and maybe something welled up from down under and said "To
>>Hell with it!"  Something like that.   I utterly and emphatically reject the
>>notion that the game or the match are fixed. The emotional swings which surely
>>must have occurred in Kramnik's mind must be the root cause of Kramnik's
>>behavior in this case.
>>
>>Bob D.
>
>
>After the promotion the game looks lost, only a detailed analysis showed, that
>there are drawing chances. Kramnik was in time trouble and I think as he
>realised, that he can't stop the pawn he thought, that there is no defence and
>stopped calculating.

In order to resign you need to be sure in 100% that the game is lost.
Being sure in 99% is not enough.

You need to see the loss by calculation in order to resign and not the draw.
Seeing that you lose material is not enough unless you see a plan to win the
game.

I know that other humans also did that mistake of resigning too early but it is
natural to expect more from kramnik.

Uri



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