Author: Pete Galati
Date: 11:56:39 04/15/00
Go up one level in this thread
On April 15, 2000 at 13:56:14, Drazen Marovic wrote: > Say that the entire population of the world of chessplayers was 6 people, you, >and players named (B), (C), (D), (E), and (f). Say you can beat C,D,E, and F >more than they can beat you in a match. Secondly C,D, and E have a winning >records against (B), and (F) is equal to (B)in score. However (B) has a winning >advantage over you in say a 20 game series. Frequently this can happen and it >is often due to style conflict, though. So though you are the stronger player, >the weaker player can defeat you. The players strengths happen to be where your >weaknesses are most prevalent is generally how it happens. Though, the weaker >player tends to not be immensly weaker over all, but indeed can be a weaker >layer and still consistantly win against you. I've had that problem against an old friend. But I think it's not a matter of the other player being weaker overall. In my friends case, he has a pathetic concept of openings, but his tactics are much better than mine, so he's very difficult for me to beat. Pete
This page took 0 seconds to execute
Last modified: Thu, 15 Apr 21 08:11:13 -0700
Current Computer Chess Club Forums at Talkchess. This site by Sean Mintz.