Author: Sune Fischer
Date: 05:35:18 05/15/02
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On May 15, 2002 at 05:50:37, Uri Blass wrote: >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. I don't consider tired and bored to mean the same. Tired is a mild form of fatigue or exhaustion. Smirin could be "bored" because he misevaluated the position as an easy draw, I don't think he needed a break to play better, but a more complex position would have kept him on his toes. I remember Anand was there in the forum, I can't remember if he stated it was a dead draw or actually said it was boring, but I'm sure he left because he found it boring. You can call it a human weakness, but I wouldn't call it being "tired" per se. -S. >Uri
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