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Subject: Re: Missed Draw by Kramnik

Author: Joachim Rang

Date: 13:44:08 10/16/02

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On October 16, 2002 at 16:20:55, Bob Durrett wrote:

>On October 16, 2002 at 16:09:06, Uri Blass wrote:
>
>>On October 16, 2002 at 15:51:29, Joachim Rang wrote:
>>
>>>On October 16, 2002 at 15:23:12, Ingo Althofer wrote:
>>>
>>>>Now feature article at the official event site
>>>>
>>>>http://www.brainsinbahrain.com/
>>>>
>>>>Ingo Althofer.
>>>
>>>amazing.
>>>
>>>I can't believe it...
>>
>>I also do not understand it.
>>
>>Kramnik is not a computer.
>>
>>I could understand computer that resign based on material counting but I expect
>>humans to think and resign only if they see a plan for the opponent to win and
>>not only to increase the material advantage.
>>
>>Uri
>
>The only explaination which makes sense to me is that the reason for Kramnik's
>resignation must be explained in terms of psychology.  He must have felt a
>terrific let-down and maybe something welled up from down under and said "To
>Hell with it!"  Something like that.   I utterly and emphatically reject the
>notion that the game or the match are fixed. The emotional swings which surely
>must have occurred in Kramnik's mind must be the root cause of Kramnik's
>behavior in this case.
>
>Bob D.


After the promotion the game looks lost, only a detailed analysis showed, that
there are drawing chances. Kramnik was in time trouble and I think as he
realised, that he can't stop the pawn he thought, that there is no defence and
stopped calculating.



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