Author: Franck ZIBI
Date: 08:26:06 05/29/02
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Hi ! There are some discussions here about the game Pharaon vs. Tiger in round 5 of Massy, and I would like to clarify some points: => First, I am very impressed by the performance of Tiger : although playing with much slower hardware, it outplayed most of its opponent (including Pharaon & Chinito), clearly showing that it was a clear step ahead in Massy (apart from Chess Wizard, who suffered from its opening book in its game with Tiger). => About the Tiger operator: Ernest has done its job professionally and conscientiously: using a headphone to play the Tiger moves as fast as possible. => In all games played in Massy, I gave Pharaon 24’ for the all game (out of the 30’ Time Control) : it makes it play slightly faster, very slightly weaker, but above all it prevents it from losing because of operator slowness!) (it already happened in the past). => In the Pharaon – Tiger game, Tiger made pressure on Pharaon in most of the opening and middle game, then in moves 60/90, the position became more balanced, with winning chances for both sides. It was few minutes before Tiger lost on time in a winning position. => My impression after the game is that the Tiger operator time was not suited for such a long game (independently of the skill of the operator), and I agree that the game was decided by the clock and not by the board. => Incidentally, the same thing occurred in round 3 between Pharaon and BBChess, Pharaon was a pawn up in a very drawish rook endgame, and, instead of winning the game on time, I preferred, with my opponent agreement, to finish the game without the clock, to make sure that there was no hidden winning lines (the game ended in a draw after 106 moves) The difference between round 3 and round 5 is that the round 5 result decided of the future tournament winner (a race between Tiger and Chinito), and Eugenio would have killed me if I have offered to play without the clock :-) (meaning giving a full point to Tiger, and the Massy tournament victory) => Uri : I also support the Fischer Time control, and not only for computer games ;-) Regards.
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