Author: Ed Schröder
Date: 03:17:23 01/14/01
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On January 14, 2001 at 05:53:48, Uri Blass wrote: >On January 14, 2001 at 04:18:56, Ed Schröder wrote: [ snip ] >>A few comments to this discussion... >> >>#1. The capability of winning a won position is part of a players elo, human >>or computer. > >I agree and the point is that I expect most GM's to play better in the relevant >position. v/d Wiel failed in tactics. Game 1/2 and 6. Tactics is part of an elo rating too. >>#2. To win a game at least one player must make one mistake. >> >>#3. In almost all of the 6 games v/d Wiel had massive troubles to finish his >>40 moves in the available 2 hours, the computer of course not. > >It shows that Van der Wiel did not use the time in an intelligent way. All of them have the same time problems when a difficult position is on the board. Exception was Anand. >I believe that other players who use their time in a more intelligent way may be >better opponents for the computer. > >I believe that computers are at GM strength but I believe that there are GM's >who are better than Van der Wiel in playing against computers. Who is next? :) >The time problems of Van der Wiel also suggest that Van der Wiel could do better >at Fisher time control(60 minutes per game+1.5 minute per move for the first 40 >moves) because this time control may help him to use time in a more rational >way. I entirely agree! Ed >Uri
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