Author: Roy Eassa
Date: 09:02:48 04/29/02
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On April 29, 2002 at 11:01:28, Robert Hyatt wrote: >Smirin was a "bit lucky"? Had the second and third games been played at >40/2hr he would have been 3-0 after three games. He was winning in all >three but time caused two of them to become draws. > >I wish _I_ had that kind of "luck". Good point about those early games. But I also think Smirin got complacent or cocky after that early degree of success and got himself into unnecessary trouble in the last two games. In the former one, he had a position that would be easy (IMO) for nearly any master to draw against any opponent yet he "fell asleep" and allowed himself to drift into a losing position (with numerous technical glitches perhaps helping in that regard). And in the latter one, he made a conscious but unwise (IMHO) *choice* to play 17.cxd4 instead of 17.c4 which would have closed the position. Within the next several moves he was outplayed and reached a possibly losing position before his world-class comeback. The troubles in both games were directly due, IMHO, to his lack of respect of the computer's abilities. A key part of successful anti-computer technique is, IMO, *always* recognizing what can happen if you take the computer lightly. You can rarely survive if you let your guard down or take unnecessary risks against these beasts!
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