Author: emerson tan
Date: 17:56:56 01/27/03
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On January 27, 2003 at 12:54:59, J. C. Boco wrote: >Years ago I was rated 1350. Today I'm not much stronger. Anyway, I joined the >local club and played whom I knew was strong, he was rated 1950. I beat him, >not without effort, but I beat him. A second game ended in a draw in which I >stood better. > >Now an interesting thing happened. He learned that I wasn't very strong at all. > I asked him to look at some of my games and he saw my rating on the scoresheet. > Well, he took the next 5 games easily. > >I think (I know) he held back before because he was unfamiliar. When he knew >more about me he knew he could go for the kill. So I think knowing something >about your opponent makes all the difference. That's why Deep Blue's match victory should be have an asterisk explaining the significance Garry not knowing the opponent.
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