Author: Sune Larsson
Date: 14:01:01 03/30/02
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On March 30, 2002 at 16:05:39, martin fierz wrote: >On March 30, 2002 at 15:14:34, Sune Larsson wrote: > >>On March 30, 2002 at 14:46:53, martin fierz wrote: >> >> >>>this is great! from the last 4 games you could see that emanuel was not >>>frightened at all and played "normal" chess against the tiger, and even won. i >>>think sometimes humans play anticompter style, although they don't really know >>>how (e.g. gulko in his first games as black), and then they get beaten even >>>worse than if they had tried for a normal game. i'm looking forward to seeing >>>these games! >>> >>>aloha >>> martin >> >> >> Right, Emanuel has no fear whatsoever. This was obvious very early - like >> when he as 15 year old declined an early draw offer from GM Bagirov - and >> went on to win it in 27 moves! Bagirov was very upset afterwards, and the >> following loss in the blitz tournament didn't exactly make things easier... >> This happened 1997. And the point with these games vs top programs is exactly >> to test his normal way of playing. He is very talented in tactics - but that's >> the home ground for computers... It's also interesting to see that Emanuel >> is on his way to be a GM by: >> >> a) always playing 1.e4 - and never Ruy Lopez... >> b) always playing French/Dutch as black >> c) never studied much from books. >> >> But everybody knows these things, so he's experimenting with some >> (for him) new openings. Ruy Lopez will probably never happen since >> there is too much theory on this opening...;-) >> >> Sune > >i was at the world junior championship in athens this year & saw emanuel, so i >already know his playing style :-) >you could call it no fear or "reckless", but it's the right way to play for a >young player. you can always play boring chess when you get older :-) > >aloha > martin Agree ;-) - and this "no fear" or "reckless" is nourished by Emanuel's tactical witchcraft. Sometimes I think that he is 200 ELO:s better in open tactical positions, than in strategical ones. But he's improving fast also in the latter. Still he loves the unclear, misty waters... Just like a human Chess Tal...;-) It will be interesting to see what will happen in the games vs Tiger or Fritz. Sune
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