Author: Amir Ban
Date: 01:49:35 08/09/98
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On August 08, 1998 at 19:16:57, Mark Young wrote: >Crafty Scored 7wins 2losses and 1 draw in the last 10 games played by IM >Commons.(i guess the last 10) This is a player who knows how to beat chess >computers, and I'm sure knows crafty as well as any player. And the games were >play at fairly slow time control for ICC. I find it hard to understand why you >think crafty is no better then 2400 at 40/2. I just can't see IM Commons playing >that much better at 40/2 and crafty just falling apart. I think crafty would >still win play IM Commons at 40/2. > > There's a huge difference between fast blitz and longer time controls. In blitz, those humans who are not super-human calculators (some of them are), simply don't have time to work things out, and it becomes a question if they are able to get through the game without making an elementary tactical blunder. This is not what happens in long time-controls. I played quite a few tournament games against masters (or above), and I remember only one game where the master lost because of a simple tactical error (IM Alik Gershon). Masters are not tactical weaklings, and they usually manage ok, even in complex situations. If you look through the games, you'll see what I mean. Game 2 is just a mouse-slip (this only happens on ICC), in a won position. Game 4 is an elementary blunder, and so on. Once you get to around 15 min/game, such idiocies disappear, and it becomes more like chess. Amir
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