Author: Drexel,Michael
Date: 08:25:00 10/15/04
Go up one level in this thread
On October 15, 2004 at 09:17:02, Bigler David wrote: >On October 15, 2004 at 07:53:23, Drexel,Michael wrote: > >>On October 15, 2004 at 02:10:05, Bigler David wrote: >> >>>Dear all, >>> >>>Ok this has nothing to do with computers… >>>This match is the must non interesting match I have ever seen. >>>Even the matches from Schlechter were much more interesting to see. >>> >>>I live in Switzerland at around 4hous by car of the “event” and wanted to go and >>>see the players. >>>Hopefully I decided not to go and the day I decided that they made a draw after >>>16 moves. >>> >>>8 hours driving just to see a draw in 16 moves would have been to much. >>> >>>I was a real fan of Kramnik in the 19th and beginning 2k, he was really amazing. >>>The way he plays today is for me really not understandable. >>>I don’t want to withdraw the merit of Leko, he did a good fight and if he wins, >>>he just deserve it ! >>> >>>But let play Morozevitch Kasparov Anand Topalov Shirov or Carlsen (Hydra ?), >>>these guys all have the fighting spirit ! >>> >>>rgds >> >>IMO it is a private match between two top players with high skills in defence. >>Therefore the course of the match is not a surprise at all. >> >>I am not the only one who thinks that situation in Chess is a complete mess. >>Solely responsible for this are Ilyumshinov and Kasparov, not the two players. >> >>IIRC Anand was FIDE World Champion at the time of Dortmund qualifier 2002. >>So he couldn't possibly participate. >> >>Michael > >Chess situation is is not the subject of this post. It is certainly related to this subject. Anand-Kramnik should be more exciting to watch. > >And the fact that they have high skills in defence doese not mean that they >should not fight ! As a spectator you have no right to see exciting games. Both players want to win the match, they don´t care about spectators. If one of these players obviously didn´t get anything out of the opening with white pieces he offers a draw since playing on does not make sense to him. He thinks the best result he can achieve is a draw anyway. What usually happens if you play on nevertheless showed the last game. Kramnik was clearly worse in the final position. Leko went into the last game with the goal to draw it at any cost. He always took the most securest route from his point of view. So he agreed to the draw even in a better position. If you want to see exciting games look at the games from the chess olympiad in Spain for example. Michael > >rgds
This page took 0 seconds to execute
Last modified: Thu, 15 Apr 21 08:11:13 -0700
Current Computer Chess Club Forums at Talkchess. This site by Sean Mintz.