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Subject: Re: Weak-chain argument

Author: Chessfun

Date: 13:57:59 02/18/03

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On February 15, 2003 at 15:38:30, Rolf Tueschen wrote:

>On February 15, 2003 at 15:26:13, Chessfun wrote:
>
>>On February 15, 2003 at 14:52:10, Rolf Tueschen wrote:
>>
>>>On February 15, 2003 at 14:34:31, Robert Hyatt wrote:
>>>
>>>>> Answer me this, What Difference Does it make if you play more
>>>>>positional chess, if you cannot defeated me??
>>>>
>>>>If that were the case, I would agree.  But by the same token, do you want
>>>>your program to play 30 brilliant moves and one lemon move, over and over?
>>>>That one lemon will drag your performance _way_ down at the top of the rating
>>>>scale.
>>>
>>>
>>>Bob, may I point out with humility that this is exactly my weak-chain argument?
>>>Finally we are on the point. Did you ever reflect what would happen if
>>>
>>> - in a really recompensating money atmosphere and
>>>
>>> - after top players adopted specific comp related chess?
>>>
>>>And that on the base of a known permanent weakness?
>>>
>>>That is the point. And not the typical hype based on show events /commercials.
>>>
>>>What is you impression with the GM play on ICC? But note, Roman D. had to face
>>>an always changed version [on the base of his own hints]. Guess what will happen
>>>if several top GM work hard on a counter strategy against comps, in other words
>>>if GM adopt 'Eduard'...
>>
>>
>>You clearly have no clue as to what actually happens.
>
>
>Note that nobody here must come with humility! It was a bit irony by me. But -
>you are a bit too respectless. Why?
>
>Here you completely miss my point. You should read it again and always think
>about tournament times. Not Blitz.

You seem to have finally answered your own question.
http://www.talkchess.com/forums/1/message.html?285129

Sarah






>
>>Roman may be good against comps and there are other GM's and IM's that are, and
>>there are also many, that try daily over and over and over and simply see loss
>>after loss after loss.
>>
>>Scrappy has been playing jnogueiras who is GM Jesús Nogueiras Santiago
>>for days and scrappy has been slaughtering him. While IM Alexis Cabrera handle
>>Minotauro has for the most part scored about even.
>>
>>Point being that some maybe able to adapt their game to an anti-computer type
>>play (trading pieces etc) others never manage despite playing endlessly.
>>
>>Sarah.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>>Only then, and that is my argument since long, the actual commercial progs begin
>>>to SUCK. But on a permanent base!
>>>
>>>My questions to Amir went a bit in the same direction. Let's see how far the
>>>experts can open their mind.
>>>
>>>Rolf Tueschen



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