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Subject: Re: got registored thx, Christophe nice to have tiger back nt.

Author: Tord Romstad

Date: 03:49:01 02/04/04

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On February 04, 2004 at 06:31:44, Thorsten Czub wrote:

>On February 04, 2004 at 03:52:02, Tord Romstad wrote:
>>However, I don't really agree that Genius plays like Karpov.  It's style
>>doesn't really resemble the style of any famous human player (IMHO again,
>>of course).
>>
>>Tord
>
>i have a tournament game running in the moment between
>
>oc 54 mhz tiger15.1 against 128 mhz zire21 with chessgenius2 risc-engine.
>and in this game it looks that genius is playing to passive, allowing tiger to
>attack and open the game. this leads to a DEFENSIVE situation.
>
>normally you can make a draw in such a position, but not a win.
>
>so by playing defensive genius decreases the own chances to win a game.
>
>i will post the game when it is finished. it takes a while.
>and i have wasted 3 pairs of micro-accu-cells for the palm M100 while zire21
>still runs with ONE charge of the lithium accu.
>
>this was what i meant with Karpov style.
>
>it moves the pieces backwards more often then it moves them forwards.

I think we mostly agrees about Genius' style, but not about Karpov's
style.  Karpov at the peak of his career was not at all defensive,
particulary not with the white pieces.  Not taking extreme risks in
every game is not the same as being defensive.  The games are often
very beautiful.  The beauty is of the kind which often takes some hard
work to appreciate, but that is not necessarily a bad thing.

So please go ahead and bash Genius and Shredder as much as you want,
I don't care.  But please stop dissing Tarrasch and Karpov.  :-)

Tord



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