Author: Vincent Diepeveen
Date: 09:00:09 01/09/01
first 3 games v/d Wiel versus Rebel i had som trust in John. He missed win after win, BUT he had each time a won position, so no big deal. He would win one i betted. He indeed did. John won the 4th game. However in the weekend we had national competition and probably John's memory about computers has been wiped in the weekend as he might have had some easy opponents who gave away pawn after pawn. To my big surprise he opened this day with a line that's completely in the computer street. Big tactics everywhere, and of course mankind gets exhausted then, that he then loses an endgame with a pawn less, probably somewhere missing a draw here or there that's no big surprise then... ...that loss is a result of getting completely exhausted at the start of the game where tactics ruled! Anyway completely the wrong strategy against a computer! Let's see whether he recovers tomorrow but if he plays in the same way again: going out for a tactical fight against the computer where we already know that John is tactical under my own tactical skills, that's really going to be a happy time for the computer then... So this was a free point for Rebel. Tactical bad human goes combining against computer and loses, that's how i would summarize this game. That the actual loss happens somewhere far in endgame is no big deal after getting exhausted for so many hours. Note it is again a tactical loss in the endgame, but the KQP KQ would have been lost by John anyway even if his king would not have been in check from the g1 promotion field, so it was quite a clear loss in the endgame, despite the fritz6 comments on the homepage: "24. Ra1! White sacrifices a pawn for a positional advantage on the queen's side" This comment is complete nonsense of course. both 1 pawn on queen side, if there would be compensation for white it would be on the kingside as the e7 pawn from rebel can't advance. But especially commercial programs are very good in winning such positions when mankind gets tired after an exhausting tactical battle. In the end the computer usually wins it... I would consider the position already lost for white here taking subjective circumstances into account. For sure playing a long game with a pawn less is no good plan against the computer! Even worse the grabbing of a pawn in the opening at b7 after which the computer gets very active pieceplay! Of course a CLEAR result of that was that he started endgame with a pawnless as v/d Wiel fell for some tactical exchanges that won a pawn for black. Some GMs never learn! I'd say how about grabbing a pawn from the computer tomorrow and see whether it can also mate you?
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