Author: Uri Blass
Date: 09:00:47 10/15/04
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On October 15, 2004 at 11:25:00, Drexel,Michael wrote: >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. This is not a good idea. Win is better for Leko than a draw. It may be good for him to accept a draw in slightly better position but not in a clearly better position and if he has 50% chance to win against 5% chance to lose then I think that it is better for him to continue to play. Uri
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