Author: Rolf Tueschen
Date: 12:42:51 10/21/02
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On October 21, 2002 at 10:22:36, Bob Durrett wrote: >On October 21, 2002 at 06:15:06, Rolf Tueschen wrote: > >>On October 20, 2002 at 12:47:39, Bob Durrett wrote: >> >>> >>> >>>It seems that Kramnik was handicapped in numerous ways, all deriving from the >>>fact that he is human. >>> >>>But his few days with the computer prior to the match didn't seem to have any >>>bearing on the result at all. Other factors seemed to dominate. >>> >>>My perception. >>> >>>Bob D. >> >>Can't understand what you mean. Just take the first games and forget about the >>final result then you'll get it. Why Kramnik should be handicapped at all? He >>dominated Fritz totally! > >Hello Rolf. > >I was trying to characterize my "perceptions." Perhaps I did not do a good job >of describing them. I was NOT trying to present logical or analytical >justifications for my perceptions. Merely to describe them. You don't justify >feelings and perceptions. They are just there and you usually don't know why. > >Kramnik was handicapped just because he had/has the misfortune of being human. >His emotions, fatigue, ambitions, and many others all get in the way. Fritz is >more fortunate. Fritz concentrates 100% on chess and nothing else. If humans >were to do that they would play much better chess, I suspect. > >Kramnik did, indeed, dominate the first few games. But he did so in spite of >his handicaps, not due to lack of them, IMHO. Perhaps he had additional >distractions later in the match? Maybe simple fatigue? Maybe he lost his >determination to win or his motivation? There is no way for us to know, >although the game results are suggestive. > >I guess I was a bit disappointed by the latter part of the match. I had thought >Kramnik was "less human" than he turned out to be. > >: ) : ) : ) : ) : ) : ) : ) : ) : ) : ) : ) What would you do if the press of your sponsor would call you The Iceman? You know, the multi-killer of some years ago who hadprepared in month long work that Bf8 ... :o Rolf Tueschen
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