Author: blass uri
Date: 15:45:00 07/09/00
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On July 09, 2000 at 18:28:44, Mike S. wrote: >After the 4th round of the Lippstadt GM tournament, P.ConNers is amongst the >leaders, scoring 3,0 (*) so far. Today it is to play Dautov, the highest rated >player from the remaining opponents. I think, if P.ConNers can win this game, it >will win the tournament. Prepare for a sensation... > >http://people.freenet.de/lsvturm/gm2000r04.htm > >*) actually, the computer is the only leader with a score of 9, because they use >an alternative "3 points" scoring like in soccer: 3 points for the win and 1 >point for the draw. > >Regards, >M.Scheidl The last opponent of the computer could draw by claiming a 3 time repetition with 20...Nc7 but he probably believes that computers are not clearly better than 2357 so he tried to win the game. I think the 3 points scoring helps the computer because it has no feeling and is not afraid from a draw but the opponents are against draws so they try to win so they lose. Uri
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