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

Author: Uri Blass

Date: 02:46:12 05/15/02

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On May 15, 2002 at 04:19:21, José Carlos wrote:

>On May 15, 2002 at 03:52:55, Uri Blass wrote:
>
>>On May 15, 2002 at 03:42:10, José Carlos wrote:
>>
>>>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?
>>
>>I see no contradiction.
>>
>>Something is not easy psychologically when you are tired.
>>When you are not tired things are more easy.
>
>  Ok, so you sleep 14 hours. Sure you're not tired. Then you find that your son
>has been killed and your wife has gone with your best friend. And also your
>house is burning. But as you're not tired, the situation is psycologically easy,
>right?
>
>  José C.

No

I did not think about personal problems and the reasons that smirin lost
concentration were not personal problems.

Uri



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