Author: blass uri
Date: 04:58:41 07/24/98
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On July 24, 1998 at 07:50:18, Jeff Anderson wrote: >Everyone has known for years that computers were dominant at Blitz chess. If my >memory serves me correctly, Kasparov even lost to old Fritz 3 in several games a >few years ago? So why does everyone act so amazed Rebel beat up on Anand in the >blitz portion of their little match? >In my mind Anand really won the match, because Rebel was not able to win either >of the slow games, and I think the final game was an excellent example of the >weaknesses of computers. >Humans are still the best at chess with old fashioned tournament time controls. > >Jeff Not everyone act so amazed Rebel beat up on Anand in the blitz portion I was not amazed by the results(I predicted 5.5:2.5 for Anand based on 4:0 in the 5 minutes per game and 1.5:0.5 in the 15 minutes per game) I think the draw Rebel did in the first slow game is a more surprising result. Uri
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