Author: Tony Nichols
Date: 00:29:12 11/18/04
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On November 18, 2004 at 00:08:55, Joseph Merolle wrote: >Just a thought and wondered if the world champion corispondance player moves are >as strong as moves found by a world champion at 40 in 2 time controls? I would >guess there even better! A better question would be if this is true before >computers hit the seen like in 70s. Any thought wellcomed. > >Joseph Hi Joseph I remember reading somewhere that top level correspondance players are very good tactically and in the endgame but top over the board players are better strategically. This makes sense. With all that time you can work out lots of tactical lines or research the ending but no amount of time will make you understand chess better. Ulf Anderson was once in the top 5 over the board. When he retired from competitin he took up correspondance chess. His first correspondance rating was the highest ever! Hans Berliner was correspondance champion and active over the board player but was never even near the top in OTB. I think they take 2 different kinds of players. I never got into correspondance chess. I figured that if I wanted to play against computers and could do that anyway. Regards Tony
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