Author: Ernst Walet
Date: 09:04:46 01/09/01
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On January 09, 2001 at 12:00:09, Vincent Diepeveen wrote: >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. > Your memory seems to have had a great blow as well, because the game today was game 4 and John won the 3rd game. Ernst. >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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