Author: Amir Ban
Date: 13:46:12 01/13/00
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On January 13, 2000 at 12:12:43, Graham Laight wrote: >On January 13, 2000 at 08:12:07, Amir Ban wrote: > >>>I remember discussing this in a thread before the '97 DB v GK. A consensus >>>developed that DB should move quickly, since more thinking time would give it >>>relatively little move improvement, but the speed would lower GKs ELO because he >>>would not have time to think on the opponent's time. >>> >>>In the event, this is what happened. DB made most of its moves in under 1 >>>minute. The longest think it had was seven minutes. The strategy worked - GK had >>>time difficulties in some of the games, and consequently made weaker moves than >>>usual. Source: Daniel King's book about the match. >>> >>>-g >> >>Deep Blue moved at around 3 minutes per move during the match. The longest it >>took was 15 minutes for 35. Bxd6 in game 2. >> >>Amir > >I'm sure this is right. 7 minutes must have been the time for the longest moves >in one of the games (or my memory is failing me). > >In which case, Daniel's remarks about DB keeping GK under pressure by constantly >throwing moves back quickly, and not allowing him time to think, are misleading >(at least to this reader!). > >-g I remember listening to GM commentary on a GM game, in Groningen I think, where one side was in time trouble, and his opponent moved quickly. The commentator said this was a "beginner's error". You do not play quickly when your opponent is in time trouble. You take your time. Amir
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