Author: Rolf Tueschen
Date: 04:26:32 05/18/04
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On May 18, 2004 at 06:43:48, Uri Blass wrote: >On May 18, 2004 at 06:02:16, Rolf Tueschen wrote: > >>On May 15, 2004 at 03:15:20, Amir Ban wrote: >> >>>There are thousands of players at Biel, only a dozen at Wijk an Zee. So what ? >>>When was the last time Kasparov, Polgar, Anand played in Biel ? >> >>Could you please specify and substantiate what you are talking here? Unless you >>will I conclude that this here is a complete error statement. The truth is - 1) >>There are NOT "thousands" in Biel and there are not JUST "dozens" in Wijk. Biel >>is probably bigger but doesn't include "thousands" of players. Now prove your >>claim - probably this will be much more difficult for you than to prove that >>JUNIOR is a veritable *chess* GM - _overall_. Last time I heard that JUNIOR even >>couldn't mate with B and N... And the hoax is JUNIOR could _still_ win the >>WCCCCCCC in Paris. <ggg> > > >It is not relevant. > >Junior has no problem to use tablebases in these endgames and you cannot decide >that a player is not a GM because of that weakness. > >knowing to mate with KBN vs K worth not more than 1 elo. > >Uri Thanks for your input, Uri. Now I know why all the GM are weaker than Kasparov. The difference in Elo points comes from such lack of knowledge. Some don't know how to mate with B&N others dont know about the open files. The weakest GM are incapable of mating with Qh5 and Ng5.
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