Author: Uri Blass
Date: 07:58:20 10/07/02
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On October 07, 2002 at 10:54:11, Kurt Utzinger wrote: >On October 07, 2002 at 10:09:14, Ed Panek wrote: > >>GM commentator Nigel Short was >>critical of the Fritz Team's decision to resign. "At least for the thousands of >>chess fans out there who will see this game and not understand why black >>resigned," he said. "There are several long variations for white to calculate, >>many choices to make, it's not that simple. Black should have played on for >>at least 10 more moves." >> >> >> I agree. I dont think that just because Fritz evaluations drops very low that >>Fritz should resign. If the Strentgh of the computer is its ability to navigate >>long lines and make no tactical mistakes, while it takes much more work for a >>human to do this, and the eval is thinking according to perfect play...why not >>make them sweat it out. >> >>Chess is war. This is the beginning of the match. Doesnt long term implications >>of stress come into play? And if it irritates Kramnik...even better. >> >> >> >>Ed > >I cannot take Nigel Short's comments serious. When I followed the game live, the >winning move Rd5+ came to my mind within seconds, and after one or two minutes >of thinking time I was quite sure that the pawn ending would be lost for Black. >There is no doubt - that's my opinion - that a GM would play Rd5+ in a blitz >game. But of course, Kramnik wanted to be absolutely sure before playing the >winning move the more so, since he could also have an easy win with Rxa5. >Kurt The point of Short is not you but weaker players who do not understand. Uri
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