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Subject: Re: Has anyone estamated the strength of corispondance chess?

Author: Jeff White

Date: 19:28:14 11/18/04

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>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

Which is the exact reason I don't play correspondance chess. I can play my
computer anytime I want. I don't want to play someone else's.

Regards,
Jeff



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