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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