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Subject: Re: Weak-chain argument

Author: Rolf Tueschen

Date: 14:51:52 02/18/03

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On February 18, 2003 at 17:47:02, Chessfun wrote:

>On February 18, 2003 at 17:09:08, Rolf Tueschen wrote:
>
>>On February 18, 2003 at 16:57:59, Chessfun wrote:
>>
>>>On February 15, 2003 at 15:38:30, Rolf Tueschen wrote:
>>>
>>>>On February 15, 2003 at 15:26:13, Chessfun wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>On February 15, 2003 at 14:52:10, Rolf Tueschen wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>>On February 15, 2003 at 14:34:31, Robert Hyatt wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Answer me this, What Difference Does it make if you play more
>>>>>>>>positional chess, if you cannot defeated me??
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>If that were the case, I would agree.  But by the same token, do you want
>>>>>>>your program to play 30 brilliant moves and one lemon move, over and over?
>>>>>>>That one lemon will drag your performance _way_ down at the top of the rating
>>>>>>>scale.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>Bob, may I point out with humility that this is exactly my weak-chain argument?
>>>>>>Finally we are on the point. Did you ever reflect what would happen if
>>>>>>
>>>>>> - in a really recompensating money atmosphere and
>>>>>>
>>>>>> - after top players adopted specific comp related chess?
>>>>>>
>>>>>>And that on the base of a known permanent weakness?
>>>>>>
>>>>>>That is the point. And not the typical hype based on show events /commercials.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>What is you impression with the GM play on ICC? But note, Roman D. had to face
>>>>>>an always changed version [on the base of his own hints]. Guess what will happen
>>>>>>if several top GM work hard on a counter strategy against comps, in other words
>>>>>>if GM adopt 'Eduard'...
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>You clearly have no clue as to what actually happens.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>Note that nobody here must come with humility! It was a bit irony by me. But -
>>>>you are a bit too respectless. Why?
>>>>
>>>>Here you completely miss my point. You should read it again and always think
>>>>about tournament times. Not Blitz.
>>>
>>>You seem to have finally answered your own question.
>>>http://www.talkchess.com/forums/1/message.html?285129
>>>
>>>Sarah
>>
>>I don't understand what you might possibly mean. Because here to you and there
>>to Matthew Hull I always said the same. Bob can't have spoken about tournament
>>chess. Crafty is NOT playing tournament chess on ICC. So you are wrong and also
>>Matthew is wrong because he wanted to take Bob as if he  had said that for
>>tournament chess they are GM. Wrong - Bob said the opposite.
>>
>>Let's wait until Bob says what he meant. :)
>>
>>Rolf Tueschen
>
>
>In this thread you ask about Crafties performance against GM's, then state you
>meant at Tournament times. Then you acknowledge in another thread Crafty don't
>play tournament times.

You are making me nervous. Not I said that but Matthew. Then I opposed. He
insisted and then indeed I asked Bob. But originally I did not ask Bob. :)

Ionescu.

Rolf Tueschen




>
>Matters not whether Dr. Hyatt says it does or it doesn't.
>
>Sarah.
>
>
>
>
>>>
>>>>
>>>>>Roman may be good against comps and there are other GM's and IM's that are, and
>>>>>there are also many, that try daily over and over and over and simply see loss
>>>>>after loss after loss.
>>>>>
>>>>>Scrappy has been playing jnogueiras who is GM Jesús Nogueiras Santiago
>>>>>for days and scrappy has been slaughtering him. While IM Alexis Cabrera handle
>>>>>Minotauro has for the most part scored about even.
>>>>>
>>>>>Point being that some maybe able to adapt their game to an anti-computer type
>>>>>play (trading pieces etc) others never manage despite playing endlessly.
>>>>>
>>>>>Sarah.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>>Only then, and that is my argument since long, the actual commercial progs begin
>>>>>>to SUCK. But on a permanent base!
>>>>>>
>>>>>>My questions to Amir went a bit in the same direction. Let's see how far the
>>>>>>experts can open their mind.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>Rolf Tueschen



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