Author: Mark Young
Date: 05:42:20 07/22/98
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On July 22, 1998 at 06:58:23, Howard Exner wrote:
>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)
You may have a good point here. Maybe the best Anti-gm tactic is to convince the
grandmaster he does not have a chance. If you can't do 200 billion NPS then tell
him you have anti-gm programming. I do not underestimate the power of a psych
out coupled with a strong playing computer program. The combo seems to be
deadly.
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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