Author: Jason Williamson
Date: 10:51:31 01/14/01
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Maybe you should see if you can survive the Alterman Wall. :) GM Boris Alterman would be a good one to challenge. On January 14, 2001 at 06:17:23, Ed Schröder wrote: >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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