Author: Bob Durrett
Date: 12:56:05 10/21/02
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On October 21, 2002 at 15:42:51, Rolf Tueschen wrote: >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 I will never have a sponsor. The press will never pay any attention to me at all. Ever. People have called me names, but not "Iceman." Fritz has never played Bf8 against me, either! What would I do if these things happened? Faint, probably. Maybe even "croak." Bob D.
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