Author: Uri Blass
Date: 05:16:44 11/27/03
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On November 27, 2003 at 08:07:36, martin fierz wrote: >On November 27, 2003 at 05:40:59, Gian-Carlo Pascutto wrote: > >>Because neither Chinito nor me were playing with a ChessBase >>interface, the game couldn't be relayed live and they were >>doing it manually with scoresheets. Unfortunately the CB >>guy couldn't read either of our handwriting. Later in the game >>there was a power failure so we lost the internal move records. >>At move 59/60 I noticed I was missing a move so I stopped >>recording. Chinito also had to stop recording when he got into >>severe timetrouble. >> >>So I suspect a correct move record will be very hard if not >>impossible to come by. >> >>Basically, Sjeng got a cramped position, grabbed a pawn like >>a real beancounter, almost got itself mated and had to give >>2 pawns to stay in the game. It exchanged into an unequal >>bishop endgame which Chinito converted to a win in another >>few hundred moves. >> >>Nice game by Chinito. Sjeng's playing like a beginner >>this tournament :( >> >>Maybe it was distracted by the Chinito 'appointed volunteer' >>operator: Woman's Grandmaster Eva Moser. > >i guess that doesn't explain the bad play by sjeng - but it might explain why >you didn't record the moves accurately ;-) > >cheers > martin It may also help to explain the bad play of Sjeng. After recording the moves wrong and taking back Sjeng had less time and less time may mean worse play. Uri
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