Author: Howard Exner
Date: 06:03:08 07/22/98
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On July 22, 1998 at 08:42:20, Mark Young wrote:
>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.
You have also just reminded me of a funny and related story. IM Hergott
wrote an article on his match against Hiarcs in our Canadian Chess magazine,
"EN Passant". He said just before game three Al Tomalty (KK) came up to me and
announced, "today I have put Hiarcs on aggressive mode". Dean Hergott
replied something like he didn't own computer software and so had no clue what
KK was talking about. But I wonder if that could have stuck in his memory
as a Psychological distraction. Dean Hergott also said
that because the games were played in a shopping mall kids were coming up to him
and asking him during the game if they could have a turn on the computer.
What would Korchnoi have made out of this?
>
>
> 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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