Author: Rolf Tueschen
Date: 03:07:57 02/08/03
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On February 08, 2003 at 06:01:08, Uri Blass wrote: >On February 08, 2003 at 05:44:39, Rolf Tueschen wrote: > >>On February 08, 2003 at 04:22:22, Mike S. wrote: >> >>>On February 07, 2003 at 21:59:05, Graham Laight wrote: >>> >>>>(...) >>>>Here's another thought. Shay and Amir should have trained their minds to >>>>withstand the pressure to take a draw. >>>>(...) >>>>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". >>> >>>True. It's something I used to think ever since. It's like a "VIP bonus", as I >>>call it. Draws are often agreed (or even offered) much too soon by the computer >>>operators/programmers. The position may be equal (among two human GMs), but the >>>program will still apply the "tactical" pressure on the human opponent, in other >>>words he would have to play precisely throughout a probably boring and tiring >>>rest of the game, while the computer doesn't get tired. That's a computer >>>advantage the comp teams should use, just like the human has his advantages in >>>strategy etc. >>> >>>I remember a Fritz game from a Dutch Championship (which was widely discussed >>>because of Fritz' participation), where Frans Morsch offered the draw when the >>>GM was in better position, but was in severe time trouble and would undoubtly >>>have run out of time otherwise. Result of Morsch's courtesy was that the GM >>>complained (!) afterwards that Fritz should have resigned. So it doesn't pay >>>anyway. Comp teams should go for the full point always, with no compromises as >>>long as there is still much doubt if they are top GM level or not. >> >>Typical nonsense. Completely weak for a spin doctor! Because if they played like >>THAT, human GM would abstain. I would recommand a view in a longer perspective. >> >>Rolf Tueschen > >No > >I think that they should play like that. >Human GM's will play if they get money. > >Uri No! You forget about the primadonna syndrome. In the end you will end with the masochists. ;) Rolf Tueschen
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