Author: Sune Fischer
Date: 03:24:38 04/29/02
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On April 29, 2002 at 06:08:05, Otello Gnaramori wrote: >>> >>>I agree with you that Smirin was a bit "lucky" in this match, especially >>>regarding the "nulled" game with DJ : if DJ will win, it should be 4.5-4.5 the >>>right final result IMO. >> >>No it should not be 4.5-4.5. The game was aborted, and >>you should respect that. > >I respect the final result, but this doesn't take away the fact that Smirin was >in a lost position when junior had some "unknown" problems: to me this can be >viewed as luck , don't you agree ? > >w.b.r. >Otello They had more than just one problem: "There followed a string of communication problem, with KC’s communications (probably ISP) having a bad evening. The setup at KasparovChess is that although the GM and the computer are in adjacent rooms, they communicate over the Internet. " "Smirin and Deep Junior were each disconnected three times during the game, and the viewer board was lagging behind the game board and several times got stuck and stopped accepting game updates. In the final position, Shay decided to call it a day when for over ten minutes he could not get the system to register Smirin’s 66... Kg8, while the GM’s clock seemingly ran out." http://www.kasparov.com/serve/templates/folders/show.asp?p_docID=21099&p_docLang=EN I looked strange to see Smirin lose what was an equal game, I think under more normal circumstances he would not have lost it. We can't be sure his attention was not distracted by these problems, frankly I find it hard to believe he should have been _completely_ unaffected by them, of course as a true sportsman he didn't complain. I saw the game and he began getting into problems about the same time as the technical problems started (if I recall). -S.
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