Author: Robert Hyatt
Date: 20:21:30 05/22/99
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On May 22, 1999 at 21:13:47, Will Singleton wrote: >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 crafty thought black was better after Rb5 was played... the search failed low on whites 23rd move at ply=14, 1:30. and went downhill from that point on until the end... with a few 'upward swings' for white as black failed to play first h5, then Bg4. But he still won...
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