Author: José de Jesús García Ruvalcaba
Date: 05:05:32 02/26/04
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On February 26, 2004 at 07:45:21, Uri Blass wrote: >On February 26, 2004 at 07:29:56, José de Jesús García Ruvalcaba wrote: > >>On February 25, 2004 at 22:42:35, Uri Blass wrote: >> >>> >>>I talked about 200 games for a GM in a year >> >>Grandmasters do not play that many games in a single year, definitely not in >>serious competitions. They would be washed out long before a year if they tried. >>José. > >They do not play 200 games but it does not mean that they cannot do it. Of course they could. >The main reason that they do not do it is lack of money in chess. > That is one reason. I think they also need to rest. >I expect to see GM's do it if the average GM can expect to earn 66,666$ in a >year by playing 200 games at 120/40 when the money is proportional to the number >of games but it is not the case. > >Uri You may convince four grandmasters to play each 200 games against computers at tournament time controls in one year if you offer that money. But my point is that they would be too tired long before one year and their chess strenght at the board would diminish. José.
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