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

Author: Chris Carson

Date: 16:04:18 05/14/02

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On May 14, 2002 at 18:56:05, Mogens Larsen wrote:

>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

As usual Mogen, you are wrong:

"Well, even though we played only four games per week, which helped me to pull
myself together between the games, it wasn’t so easy psychologically. As a
result, I lost concentration a few times during the match and it cost me at
least 0.5 point (and it could be even more if the computer was more accurate!)!
It’s just not so simple to play chess when you know that you have to avoid
certain kind of positions, even if your intuition is telling you it’s
objectively correct to go for them! However, I think I managed to withstand the
pressure, and at the moment I’m full of energy and not tired at all!
"

A loss of concentration is "tired" or "exhausted", that is a psychological fact.

• Re: Post-match interview with GM Ilya Smirin at http://www.kasparov.com/ Mogens Larsen 17:19:40 05/14/02
  • Re: Post-match interview with GM Ilya Smirin at http://www.kasparov.com/ Mogens Larsen 17:22:47 05/14/02
• Re: Post-match interview with GM Ilya Smirin at http://www.kasparov.com/ martin fierz 16:26:17 05/14/02
  • Re: Post-match interview with GM Ilya Smirin at http://www.kasparov.com/ Peter McKenzie 22:24:18 05/14/02
    • Re: Post-match interview with GM Ilya Smirin at http://www.kasparov.com/ Roy Eassa 07:53:22 05/15/02
    • Re: Post-match interview with GM Ilya Smirin at http://www.kasparov.com/ Uri Blass 00:44:49 05/15/02
  • Re: Post-match interview with GM Ilya Smirin at http://www.kasparov.com/ Chris Carson 16:34:29 05/14/02
    • Re: Post-match interview with GM Ilya Smirin at http://www.kasparov.com/ Andrew Williams 06:18:54 05/15/02
      • Re: Post-match interview with GM Ilya Smirin at http://www.kasparov.com/ Chris Carson 06:42:49 05/15/02
    • Re: Post-match interview with GM Ilya Smirin at http://www.kasparov.com/ José Carlos 00:38:16 05/15/02
      • Re: Post-match interview with GM Ilya Smirin at http://www.kasparov.com/ Chris Carson 04:59:07 05/15/02
    • Re: Post-match interview with GM Ilya Smirin at http://www.kasparov.com/ martin fierz 18:02:38 05/14/02
      • Re: Post-match interview with GM Ilya Smirin at http://www.kasparov.com/ Chris Carson 03:00:00 05/15/02
        • Re: Post-match interview with GM Ilya Smirin at http://www.kasparov.com/ Roy Eassa 08:03:04 05/15/02
    • Re: Post-match interview with GM Ilya Smirin at http://www.kasparov.com/ John Reynolds 17:39:47 05/14/02
      • Re: Post-match interview with GM Ilya Smirin at http://www.kasparov.com/ Keith Ian Price 18:09:17 05/14/02
      • Quiz pavel 17:54:31 05/14/02
        • Re: Quiz Sune Fischer 06:02:48 05/15/02
          • Re: Quiz pavel 09:20:44 05/15/02
    • Re: Post-match interview with GM Ilya Smirin at http://www.kasparov.com/ Keith Ian Price 17:13:17 05/14/02
      • Re: Post-match interview with GM Ilya Smirin at http://www.kasparov.com/ Uri Blass 21:52:20 05/14/02
        • Re: Post-match interview with GM Ilya Smirin at http://www.kasparov.com/ Uri Blass 22:11:23 05/14/02
          • Re: Post-match interview with GM Ilya Smirin at http://www.kasparov.com/ Sune Fischer 01:47:29 05/15/02
            • Re: Post-match interview with GM Ilya Smirin at http://www.kasparov.com/ Uri Blass 02:50:37 05/15/02
              • Re: Post-match interview with GM Ilya Smirin at http://www.kasparov.com/ Sune Fischer 05:35:18 05/15/02
          • Re: Post-match interview with GM Ilya Smirin at http://www.kasparov.com/ José Carlos 00:42:10 05/15/02
            • Re: Post-match interview with GM Ilya Smirin at http://www.kasparov.com/ Uri Blass 00:52:55 05/15/02
              • Re: Post-match interview with GM Ilya Smirin at http://www.kasparov.com/ José Carlos 01:19:21 05/15/02
                • Re: Post-match interview with GM Ilya Smirin at http://www.kasparov.com/ Uri Blass 02:46:12 05/15/02
                  • Re: Post-match interview with GM Ilya Smirin at http://www.kasparov.com/ José Carlos 02:51:36 05/15/02
      • Re: Post-match interview with GM Ilya Smirin at http://www.kasparov.com/ John Reynolds 17:42:56 05/14/02
        • Re: Post-match interview with GM Ilya Smirin at http://www.kasparov.com/ Keith Ian Price 18:06:01 05/14/02

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