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Subject: Re: It's a draw! Good defense Rebel!

Author: Vincent Diepeveen

Date: 03:09:06 01/04/01

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On January 03, 2001 at 14:13:50, Uri Blass wrote:

>On January 03, 2001 at 13:03:43, Howard Exner wrote:
>
>>On January 03, 2001 at 12:42:11, Paul Doire wrote:
>>
>>>Van der Wiel missed some opportunities, but Rebel defended well.
>>
>>I wonder if the missed opportunities of Van der Wiel will adversely
>>effect his play in the next round? Sometimes it is not easy to shake off the
>>disappointment one feels when missing a win. Being a strong professional Gm he
>>probably will come out swinging. Here of course computers have an edge in the
>>energy level they bring to each game. Their programmers probably make up for the
>>machine's non existent feelings. How is Ed's health holding up after this one?
>>Maybe paramedics should be on standby? :)
>>
>>Another thought on the match so far, if the two games were reversed, in that
>>Rebel missed winning chances, would we be as forgiving? In other words are our
>>expectations of computers too high?
>
>I was disappointed from van der Wiel.
>
>I expected a GM to be better in tactics.
>It leads to the question if programs can teach humans to be better in tactics by
>giving them the right exercises to solve.
>
>Uri

At a certain age no lessons help anymore however.

Tactics you need to learn at age = 11 to 19




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