Author: stuart taylor
Date: 10:03:59 10/13/02
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On October 13, 2002 at 12:10:27, Alastair Scott wrote: >On October 13, 2002 at 11:36:03, Mike S. wrote: > >>Please think twice: If Qc4 proves anything, that that it was of course NOT >>fixed. Do you really expect a World Champion will play such a move voluntarily? >>It's like expecting Montoya would drive 3 rounds the wrong way by intention. >> >>Messages like yours can ruin the reputation of the CCC (finally... the niveau >>isn't always the best anyway). >> >>It was just a mistake humans make, then and when. Nobodoy is perfect, not even >>Kramnik. > >Nicely put, and never mind the reputation of the CCC, what about the reputation >of Kramnik? > >The suggestion that such a strong player and master of defence (I even had a >couple of _non chess players_ mention the 'Berlin Wall' to me the past week and >ask for an explanation, probably prompted by BBC news reports!) would >deliberately play such a horrendous blunder is preposterous. > >Alastair It looks clear that Kramnik knows how to win anytime if he HAS to, against Fritz. But by now I can well understand he may have already been under psychological pressure. I'm sure he didn't mean to lose SO easily, and he probably thinks he was unnecesarily stupid, but his mind might have become a bit stagnant out of, well, Fear of losing! i.e. fearing he can't just keep winning, he was afraid he might lose, and needed to "relax" a bit, but didn't know how much to relax. He also saw that all he needs is one more draw, so what's the difference. But being that he's up against a machine, these emotions and confussions are also what's being tested. S.Taylor
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