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Subject: Re: Rebel-Van Wely 1-0

Author: Terry Ripple

Date: 22:33:25 02/19/02

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On February 19, 2002 at 23:59:08, Terry McCracken wrote:

>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

I agree that your not going to swindle a machine by tactics but you can swindle
a machine in complicated endgames with some pieces and pawns as i believe they
still can't play some endings correctly!!!

Regards,
      Terry



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