Author: Howard Exner
Date: 03:58:23 07/22/98
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On July 22, 1998 at 06:10:00, Amir Ban wrote:
>
>Can't find any information about what happened there except that Anand lost on
>time.
>
>Isn't it very unusual to lose on time after only 28 moves when you are ahead ?
>Seems to be an indication that Anand was psyched out.
I'm starting to wonder if that aspect of the game we refer to as
psychological may not be more of a factor in assessing overall chess strength.
Computers seem to have the edge here. Many are the descriptions, his nerves gave
out, he was psyched out (as in GK during and after game #2 vs DB2) or
he was so overwhelmed by the attack that his defense fell apart. Computers
blissfully just go about their calculating. The flip side to this is that in
their bliss they are unable to differentiate between a strong vs a weak
opponent. So that computer quality of "strong nerves" may be best
served when they are playing a strong opponent. And it could also explain
why they lose or draw to weak opposition. Their play strength is extreme
in that sense of being capable of defeating anyone and also of losing to
anyone.
>He preferred to let his
>clock run out rather than risk a blunder. Didn't he at least offer a draw before
>losing (the obvious thing to do in such a situation) ?
>
>I don't know in how much time pressure Anand was till this point, but seems he
>played accurately. The game should continue something like:
>
>28... a5 29.b3 Qe8 30.Qg4 {better than 30.Rc1 b4 and white is in big trouble} f6
>{or 30...Qf8 31.Rd1 Rxd1 32.Kxd1 Rd8+ 33.Ke1 f5} 31.Rc1 Rc6 32.Bxa5 Ra8 33.Nb4
>Rxa5 34.Nxc6 Qxc6
>
>
>Amir
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