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Subject: Re: Post-match interview with GM Ilya Smirin at http://www.kasparov.com/

Author: Mogens Larsen

Date: 15:56:05 05/14/02

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On May 14, 2002 at 17:39:32, Chris Carson wrote:

>Very nice interview.  My thanks to GM Smirin, he seemed to be very "open and
>honest" with his assessment.  I think all of his comments are very telling and
>the programmers and our forum should take note.  I found the follwoing points
>very interesting (just fit my own interests):
>
>1.  Computers seemed to avoid main lines.
>2.  Having White is very important against a computer.
>3.  Computers weak in closed positions and very strong in open positions.
>4.  He found himself tired, even with the breaks and shorter time controls.

The latter point isn't correct according to the interview. Neither tired nor
exhausted. That's your interpretation without any basis in the text.

Regards,
Mogens



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