Author: John Merlino
Date: 09:39:24 07/22/03
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On July 21, 2003 at 21:54:04, Matthew White wrote: >On July 21, 2003 at 20:01:30, John Merlino wrote: > >>On July 21, 2003 at 19:50:20, Russell Reagan wrote: >> >>>On July 21, 2003 at 19:05:01, John Merlino wrote: >>> >>>>This is true. In the 4-game match between CM9000 and GM Christiansen, Larry >>>>played VERY exciting chess, with lots of tactics and wild positions. The result >>>>was, of course, a 2.5-1.5 win for CM9000. >>> >>>It sounds like you're saying he barely lost the match despite his playing style >>>in those games. Do you think he would have faired significantly better had he >>>employed the "safer" style of play? >> >>Actually, if we had wanted, we could have worn him down in the last game and >>possibly won 3.0 to 1.0. We were up a pawn in the endgame (2 rooks and 4 pawns >>to 2 rooks and 3 pawns), so we theoretically could have won that. However, by >>offering a draw we won the match, which was certainly all we could have asked >>for. >> >>But, I would definitely say that, yes, if Larry had played a much more patient >>style, he probably would have won. But the games would not have been anywhere >>near as exciting to watch! >> >>jm >The time control in that match was a pretty odd one too, IIRC. That may have had >some effect on his play. > >Matt It was odd (Fischer 2/120), but it was a compromise between what Larry wanted and what we wanted. I won't go into the details, but I will say that Larry very rarely was in any time trouble, and usually had at least 15 minutes (and many times almost as much as 30 minutes) on his clock at any time during the game (after the opening, of course). jm
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