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Subject: Re: Ugly, ugly game.

Author: Peter Kasinski

Date: 13:59:37 07/12/04

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On July 12, 2004 at 14:31:31, George Sobala wrote:

>On July 12, 2004 at 12:36:58, Dan Andersson wrote:
>
>> They blunder like crazy. Fatigued players I guess. Adams was so focussed on
>>drawing that he missed an easy gift win.
>>
>>MvH Dan Andersson
>
>They blunder like crazy compared to old world championship contenders, because
>20 years ago they would have adjourned overnight with a sealed move at move 40,
>and then had 2 hours for the NEXT 40 moves the next day!

Good point.

Years ago double round-robin tournaments of 16 (30 games each!) were not
uncommon. Modern time controls act as a decent randomizer. In the long run "bad
luck" tends to be fairly evenly distributed, but I'd hate to bet on the outcome
of any single playoff game tomorrow.

PK



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