Author: martin fierz
Date: 11:54:09 10/23/02
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On October 23, 2002 at 11:26:38, Robert Hyatt wrote:
>On October 23, 2002 at 05:08:11, Vincent Diepeveen wrote:
>
>>On October 22, 2002 at 17:29:53, martin fierz wrote:
>>
>>let's be clear. the kramnik guy was happy to receive
>>a million dollar in advance. Without much effort he played
>>a few moves and it was 3-1. Then everyone started complaining
>>that the match got no publicity and got no excitement.
>>
>>He then gives away a piece in a clear drawn position with
>>a 1b trick (1 check in between). That's bullet blunder level.
>>
>>In fact i don't make such mistakes that much at bullet and
>>last time i made such a mistake at slow level was a year or
>>10 ago. Kramnik had plenty of time.
>>
>>0% chance he didn't deliberately blunder there.
>
>I think that is a totally stupid statement to make. I can point out GM blunders
>in _every_ tournament I have watched online. I have seen them overlook a mate
>in 2. A hanging queen. You-name-it. Human GMs _do_ make mistakes. Not as
>often as non-GM players, but also far more often than "never".
bob, of course human players make mistakes. but GM != GM. kramnik is way beyond
your average GM. i challenge you to find a tournament game ("normal" time
control, not rapid chess) by kramnik in the last 5 years where he made such a
blunder without time trouble. i'd be surprised if you found one :-)
(but i'd really like to know the answer to that one!)
i'm not going to say he threw the game. but i am going to say that the DF team
was *extremely* lucky to get this kind of present by kramnik - i'd say this kind
of mistake happens to him once in 800 games rather than once in 8 on average...
aloha
martin
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