Author: margolies,marc
Date: 20:53:48 05/13/03
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On May 13, 2003 at 19:19:50, Earl Fuller wrote: >On May 13, 2003 at 14:18:00, margolies,marc wrote: > >>chess knowledge has improved universally, not merely in the opening. this is a >>function of the explosion in english language chess literature and computer >>assisted training. I therefore do not accept the premise of your >>counterargument. >>Although I can see how a casual player might not need to use this knowledge as >>much due to the prevalence of shorter time controls which are percieved to have >>an economic funtion for chess organizers. > > >Yes, i do agree with alot you have said! However, i'm not really convenced that >the human players knowledge has increased all that much in over the board play, >except in the opening! Yes, they do have some knowledge increase, forsure, in >the middle game and endgame, but to say more than that would be saying that a >1900 rated player of today would be equal to a 2100 rated player of yesterday >and i'm not totally convenced thats true, except maybe in the opening as i have >stated before. >However, both sides of the argument are interesting to say the least. >Earl I am sure that you make it much easier on yourself to disagree with me when you put words in my mouth that dont ring true. I never mentioned any hypothetical deltas ( rating changes directly attributable to time change) so using an overly large one would of course bullocks my argument.
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