Author: bob o
Date: 17:25:11 04/14/02
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>>Now that the new FIDE ratings are out, Loek Van Wely lost 55 points and almost >>30 spots on the new rating list. >> >>1. How much of it would you attribute to preparing and playing against Rebel, as >>opposed to what he would do normally? >> >>2. Is this a common occurance (did Kasparov lose points after his match against >>the IBM computers, etc)? >> >>3. If so, is it more from losing time to study, or to have to switch from >>playing other GMs, then a computer, and then back to GMs? >> >>4. What's your prediction of this on Kramnik's performance after the Fritz >>match? >> >>Bob > >I'm sorry, but to say that you lose elo points after match against comps is pure >speculation. >Van Vely could possibly be out of his normal shape and the cause can be a banal >flu or hundred of different causes, why to point the index finger on comps ? > >w.b.r. >Otello Just thought that it was interesting that he lost so many points during the period he had a match with a computer, that's all. I didn't know if the experts thought it was because he just had a bad run, or if it may have been due to some computer-related thing, like a change of his regular training or something. That's all. Bob
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