Author: Robert Hyatt
Date: 12:58:49 04/24/02
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On April 23, 2002 at 14:29:54, Chris Carson wrote: >On April 23, 2002 at 14:01:57, Robert Hyatt wrote: > >>On April 22, 2002 at 19:59:58, Fernando Villegas wrote: >> >>>No, sir. We are not talking of a six games tourn, but something like the real >>>thing. >>>Fernando >> >> >>Meaning? >> >>Did you know a FIDE WC was crowned based on the result of a single blitz >>game? It was used as a tie-breaker a few years ago. Six games _is_ >>a "real thing"... > >I agree with you Bob. DB97 beat the WC. That was huge accomplishment. I also >think that Genius defeating the WC at G/25 as a commercial was a huge >accomplishment (different, but also huge). > >I also think that when a commercial beats the WC at standard FIDE (1 or 2 or 4 >or 6 or 8 or however many games) that will be a huge accomplishment. It depends on what FIDE uses for the time control. If they use game/60 the comps could do that today. game/60 + 30 secs per move would still give the comps a fair chance of pulling it off. The old 3 minutes per move (average) for the entire game is a different game altogether...
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