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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