Author: Uri Blass
Date: 06:56:22 02/26/04
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On February 26, 2004 at 08:05:32, José de Jesús García Ruvalcaba wrote: >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. Maybe but getting tired is one of the weaknesses of humans. I think that it is depended on the player. some GM's may improve from experience. For example I know that GM yona kossasvili works as a doctor of medicine. If he leave his job for one year to play chess then he may improve thanks to learning from experience. When the target is to get better result than humans opponents we are going to see if the claim of the fatique element is really relevant. I do not have time to play 200 days in a year when I do not get money but I suspect that my level will improve if I get money for playing 4 days in a week and get more money for better results. I believe that the same is correct for part of the GM's. Uri
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