Author: Terry McCracken
Date: 20:59:08 02/19/02
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On February 19, 2002 at 21:31:08, Terry Ripple wrote: >On February 19, 2002 at 14:35:52, Janosch Zwerensky wrote: > >> >>>Yes it is a good attitude if you want to lose and please the gallery >> >>He wanted to win, and had he won, it would indeed have been a win for the >>gallery too. >> >>> ,i consider >>>that it is not very serious to throw a game like that , he has a sure draw why >>>take risk ? >> >>I believe he believed that the computer believed that its position was superior >>and I think that van Wely hoped that the machine would, at some point, blow it >>up because of this. >>It is not always entirely insane to think that way and it can indeed lead to >>wins. >> >>>(...) >> >>Regards, >>Janosch. >------------------------------- >I totaly agree with Loek van Wely to try and win! Not like some who are so >willing to take a draw offer so easily. >Bobby Fischer had this same attitude and won many games from Grandmasters who >thought he could only get a draw. He complicated the position and beat his >opponents many times this way!!! > >Regards, > Terry I agree in part, but swindling a machine is not like confusing a human opponent. I give him credit for trying though! Regards, Terry
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