Author: Roger D Davis
Date: 20:33:27 02/07/03
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On February 07, 2003 at 21:59:05, Graham Laight wrote: >On February 07, 2003 at 21:44:30, Russell Reagan wrote: > >>On February 07, 2003 at 21:24:25, Graham Laight wrote: >> >>>* In at leat 1 game, DB outplayed GK from start to finish (game 2). DJ has not >>>managed that in ANY of its games. >> >>I straddle the fence on this debate, but if there was a convincing piece of >>evidence, this would be it. Most chess programs today don't seem to be able to >>"out play" a super-gm, but must wait for the human to make a mistake. Of course, >>when the human does make a mistake, good game :) > >Thankyou for understanding at least a little of what I was trying to say. > >Here's another thought. Shay and Amir should have trained their minds to >withstand the pressure to take a draw. > >If they get another chance to play Kasparov in their lifetimes, then maybe they >can redeem themselves for this their day of shame. > >Otherwise, they're doomed from today onwards. > >I hope that, having failed the test of courage tonight, that from now on, >whenever they're asked (or, indeed, if they ask themselves in an honest moment) >"Why did you take that draw instead of fighting on for the win?", that they find >sufficient courage on THAT occasion to give the HONEST answer: "we didn't train >our minds to prepare for the situation, and we ran out of courage. Cowardice >overwhelmed us". > >I suspect that this won't happen. You'll see - when it comes to discussing >today's game here in CCC, you'll see nothing but rationalisation about why >offering a draw was "a sensible thing to do". > >Oh how I wish - and I know that many others feel the same way as well - that >today they had taken the COURAGEOUS path rather than the cowardly one >rationalised as "sensible". Everyone had too much to lose, and just wanted out of the contest. Roger > >-g
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