Author: Bruce Moreland
Date: 12:57:22 06/23/98
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On June 23, 1998 at 14:58:42, Robert Hyatt wrote: >Ed, if it is your intent to be "speculative" against Anand, I speculate >that you are not going to win a single game. You *cannot* get away with >that sort of stuff against him. You need to visit ICC, where I can put >you in touch with Yasser, who is a horrific calculator. He will show >you why "speculation" is a long-term alias for resigning... These guys >can calculate, and they can calculate just as good as the best of the >programs around can. You have to out-play them, *not* try to out- >speculate them. > >Yasser is a particular handful, and he's not as much of a problem as is >Anand. I've played Anand some games, but promised to not reveal the games >nor where they were played. He is an amazing calculator. Don't sell him >short and expect complicated positions to confuse him... > >There is no "anti-GM" strategy, other than simply playing good, solid >chess. Anything else will backfire... I think Ed should just do whatever he wants, and let's see what the outcome is. Your comments may be true and they may be false, I don't know. It depends partially upon the time control, I know that for sure, and I think it depends upon the player, I've seen some indication of this, but beyond that I don't know, my particular strength is not chess. I had some blitz games with Yasser at Aegon '96. I was on a P6/200 and I was playing 3 0 because I was moving manually. He was absolutely incredible, up until that point I thought my program was pretty good tactically, but several times things like this would happen: I'd be happily cruising along, and I'd make a move, and Yasser would look at it, pause for a moment, and go "oh", in a kind of "that was stinky" tone of voice, and a moment later I would fail low. However, I did nail him on tactics once or twice, so it's not like he's completely perfect in tactical positions. He is very suited to play computers. Some of the GM's I've had blitz experience with have a really hard time against computers, and others seem to be able to play against their strengths without seeming to even work very hard. I think active play is a perfectly valid idea. Almost all of my experience is at blitz, I don't know much about GM's and longer games, although I've watched along as they've messed up while playing each other at "live" events. I don't know what will happen to Rebel. I'd vote that Anand will crush it, since his style seems to work well against computers, but I'm not going to put myself so far out on a limb with this that anyone can say "told you so" if Rebel manages to beat him. Let's just watch this without putting our whole philosophies on the line. bruce
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