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

Author: José Carlos

Date: 00:42:10 05/15/02

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On May 15, 2002 at 01:11:23, Uri Blass wrote:

>On May 15, 2002 at 00:52:20, Uri Blass wrote:
>
>>On May 14, 2002 at 20:13:17, Keith Ian Price wrote:
>>
>>>"I have a PhD in psychology.  I specialize in 'cognitive' and
>>>'cognitive/behaviorism'.  A loss of concentration is due to being tired,
>>>fatigued or exhausted or stress by definition."
>>>
>>>He said it was due to stress (pressure), not to being tired. You don't seem to
>>>be disagreeing in your statement (note the words "or stress" that you added).
>>>Therefore, Mogens and Martin were right, and you were wrong when you made the
>>>following statement: "A loss of concentration is "tired" or "exhausted", that is
>>>a psychological fact."
>>>Also, the disrespect began with your statement, "As usual Mogen, you are wrong:"
>>>
>>>I don't find anyone on this board to be "ususally" wrong.
>>>
>>>kp
>>
>>
>>Mogen started the disrespect.
>>
>>He could say he disagree but saying that there is no evidence in the text for
>>his claim is wrong.
>>
>>losing concentration is some evidence for being tired.
>>
>>You can claim that it is not a convincing evidence because it can be result of
>>other things but I agree with the interpretation that smirin was tired.
>>
>>Smirin never thought that the computers were weak so I see no reason for him to
>>lose concentration if being concentrated is something very easy for him to do.
>>
>>People who are more tired find it more hard to concentrate.
>>It does not mean that it is impossible for them to concentrate so saying that
>>smirin did not concentrate because of wrong evauation of the position as easy
>>draw may be correct but it is only one of the reasons.
>>
>>Uri
>
>I can add that losing concentration was not the only evidence
>
>"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 "
>
>
>Smirin said that inspite of playing only 4 games per week he did not succeed in
>not losing concentration.
>
>It is clear that his target was to be concentrated and he did not succeed in it.
>
>What can be the reason except being tired?

  He said it and you posted it: "it wasn’t so easy psychologically". Why then do
you make another guess?

  José C.

>I believe that he could concentrate in every single moment but the problem is
>not to concentrate in a single moment but to concentrate all the time when you
>do not know the important moments.
>
>Uri



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