Author: Laurence Chen
Date: 16:42:11 05/16/00
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On May 16, 2000 at 12:53:14, Michel Langeveld wrote: >Translated from Dutch: >original: http://www.nkschaken.nl/schaken/verslag/15mei.htm > >The game Fritz SSS* - Sergei Tiviakov had a exciting but also strange end. In >the entire long manouvrer game had Tiviakov a better position. After he came >ahead a pawn, seemed the GM heading towards victory. > >But because the game came in his final stage the clock also began to speak his >word. Frans Morsch offerd Tiviakov with only 2 minutes on the clock a draw. The >GM from Groningen refused the propasal and made two moves later with 115...Kxf5 >in stead of Ke4 an error. Out of his concentration black offered at the 117th >move himnself a draw. After the game Sergei was very disappointed. "I played >well. And against every human I had won this game. The machine didn't show >respect to me and played on time." Frans Morsch wasn't aware of the harm and >apologized himself, but that was a bitter taste for the ex-Russian who felt >himself the moral winner of the game. What if Karpov was playing White in that situation, would Tiviakov make such claim? I bet you any money that he would not make such claim because GM Karpov is a virtuoso in the endgame, and also he plays very fast, and he's almost never in time trouble. I bet you that Karpov would not even make such a draw offer, he would play on because he knows that in time trouble, mistakes and blunders are made, and Karpov could easily equalize the material deficit and win the game. I believe that is totally childish of Tiviakov to make such claims, against any stronger GM like Karpov or Kasparov, he would not make such claim. So it seems that computers have no rights, and there will always be humans who refuses to play computers because computers are not invanding their turf. Guess what? Computer chess is here to stay, so toughen up and accept it!!! It's like the time when cars were introduced, there were people who refused to allow these new wonder vehicles to replace their horse and cart. And we all know what happened in the end: resistance is futile, you will be assimilated!!! Laurence
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