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

Author: Uri Blass

Date: 02:50:37 05/15/02

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On May 15, 2002 at 04:47:29, Sune Fischer wrote:

>On May 15, 2002 at 01:11:23, Uri Blass wrote:
>
>
>>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?
>>
>>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.
>
>If you are thinking of the aborted DJ game, then I think he lost concentration
>because in his mind the game was over. At that stage most GM players agree on a
>draw, he was just waiting for the computer to come to the same conclusion.
>
>It is easy to drop you guards if you think the game is practically over.
>I think this is different than stress or pressure, it is quite the opposite
>propably, like boredom :)

Boring game is one of the reasons that humans get tired based on my definition
of tired.

It is possible that a player is not tired to play a tactical position but is
tired to play a quiet position.

Uri



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