Author: Eelco de Groot
Date: 05:17:14 11/11/99
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On November 11, 1999 at 07:51:13, Eelco de Groot wrote: > >On November 11, 1999 at 06:10:34, blass uri wrote: > >>On November 11, 1999 at 05:15:30, Eelco de Groot wrote: >> >>>For Blitz you are probably right that 'depth' is probably better than >>>'knowledge', Tina... But maybe only up to a point? If you know that you will be >>>playing against a tactical monster might a more positional style and knowledge >>>not be what could save you then? >> >>If you play against a tactical monster it is very dangerous. >>one tactical mistake is enough to lose the game. >> >>I think that tactics is important also for correspondence games. >>Deeper blue did not see the draw against kasparov in the final position of game >>2 because of tactical problems. >> >>Ed discovered that tactics was important in his 1 hour/move games >> >>I do not believe that knowledge=500 is productive in practical games even at >>slow time control. >> >>Uri > >Maybe you are right about that last bit, Uri. Only if you happen to be in a >position where that last bit of knowledge applies you would of course be helped >by it. The idea was more that if you had some extra defensive extensions that >mainly look at tactical possibilities by opponent, you wouldn't have to >sacrifice quite as much knowledge in Blitz (or rapid or even under tournament >conditions against a fast opponent), or alternatively be a little less selective >closer to the root. You could also use a lttle more time for looking at pins >maybe, like Roy Brunjes described in his review or use one of other approaches >like lessening value of pawns. Probably not advisable for rapid or blitz, I am thinking now, making PAWN>100 would lead to a more tactical game and would go well with other measures that decrease knowledge to increase speed ? All just ideas to be tried out of course, if anyone feels like it.. But tactics remain more than 90%, I'm sure, of >the game. That is in human-human games, for us playing against computers the percentage is probably even higher.. Unfortunately not my strong point, tactics... > >Eelco
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