Author: Kurt Utzinger
Date: 08:30:58 10/07/02
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On October 07, 2002 at 10:58:20, Uri Blass wrote: >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 Right, but in that case I have misunderstood Nigel Short's comments. Kurt
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