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Subject: Re: ChessTiger achieves GM norm!!,TPR 2743 Elo. Tiger wins in 25 move crush

Author: martin fierz

Date: 07:43:43 07/04/01

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On July 04, 2001 at 10:33:41, Albert Silver wrote:

>On July 04, 2001 at 09:31:29, martin fierz wrote:
>
>>On July 04, 2001 at 09:03:48, Otello Gnaramori wrote:
>>
>>>On July 04, 2001 at 08:35:02, martin fierz wrote:
>>>
>>>>hi mark!
>>>>
>>>>why don't you look at the game instead of at the number of moves? this is no
>>>>crush. white was much better and blundered.
>>>
>>>Probably he was intimidated by his strong opponent...
>>>
>>>>look at the variations on the
>>>>chessbase web page.
>>>>
>>>
>>>I looked at the variations and I've seen a wonderful queen sacrifice by Tiger.
>>
>>yes, tiger wins with some tactics. around move 15 white is just better - good
>>pressure against b7 and afterwards c6. i'm not saying white is winning - far
>>from it, but he has a pleasant position. and he blunders when it gets sharp.
>>some people think that "crush = win in less than N moves". to crush someone in
>>chess is to outplay him. that's not what the tiger did.
>>i'm not saying it's weak or not GM level or anything - only there are some
>>enthusiasts here who probably have about 1200 rating and cannot see what is
>>happening...
>>
>>cheers
>>  martin
>
>Sorry to disagree with you but you are clearly blinded by your anti-computer
>prejudice and refusal to see the facts. White was slightly better up until maybe
>4 moves before the end, then walked into some B class tactics exploiting the 8th
>rank and then a horribly complicated 2 move pin. All of which is quite typical
>of crushing Grandmaster play. Wake up and smell the coffee buddy.
>
>                                       Albert

oh, right, i missed that; it's a crush after all!

cheers
  martin



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