Author: Will Singleton
Date: 18:13:47 05/22/99
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On May 22, 1999 at 20:58:54, Robert Hyatt wrote: <snip> >In chatting briefly with Michael after the match today, he made it clear that >he thought the game was over almost by move 20 or so. Even if he didn't see >the tactical shots that the computers saw for him... One quote by a GM today: >"What human IM or GM would _ever_ cede the two open files as Rebel did? The >game was lost at that point, how Rohde was going to win was the only question, >as white had nothing left to say about the course of the game after allowing >that to happen." > >That is a pretty big positional misunderstanding. And remember that Rohde >found some nice tactics with almost no time left. IE he played the last 12 >moves or so in under 5 minutes total... to reach move 40 and the time control. Interesting that Rohde felt he had an advantage in the early 20-move range; all comps that I saw were showing about +1 to +2 for White at that point. Not just Rebel. The general tenor of the (rational) comments were that Black was lost. And I believe Crafty also showed quite an advantage for White. What also was striking to me was the fact that he had multiple ways to win after move 24 or 26. It's hard to understand how a person can see that deeply, and understand that much. Will
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