Author: chandler yergin
Date: 17:36:34 01/03/05
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On January 03, 2005 at 20:14:29, Uri Blass wrote: >On January 03, 2005 at 19:21:12, chandler yergin wrote: > >>On January 03, 2005 at 18:40:08, Uri Blass wrote: >> >>>On January 03, 2005 at 16:49:25, chandler yergin wrote: >>> >>>>On January 03, 2005 at 14:49:15, Uri Blass wrote: >>>> >>>>>On January 03, 2005 at 14:30:59, Ulysses Omycron wrote: >>>>> >>>>>>>>On January 03, 2005 at 14:05:00, stuart taylor wrote: >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>Arasan to me, is quite sufficient, >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>Buddy, tell me an engine that is NOT a challenge. >>>>>>> >>>>>>>Nero can be easily beated by strong players. >>>>>> >>>>>>When the original poster said "US" he meant average players, not +1800 rated >>>>>>like you! >>>>> >>>>>The original poster meant also to me. >>>>> >>>>>I do not consider myself as a strong player and I can mention at least some >>>>>players who are probably stronger than me >>>>> >>>>>More than 1800 is not a high rating. >>>> >>>> >>>>Rating is an indication of recent performance; NOT true strength! >>>> >>>>Time controls mean a lot also... >>>>There are GM's that really suck at Bullet Chess; many IM's are very bad at 1 0 >>>>Chess. >>>>All, Blunder... >>>>;) >>>>CY >>> >>>Note only that I think that I am relatively better at long time control but >>>if I need to choose between blitz with no increasment and blitz with >>>increasement then I prefer blitz with no increasement because at least >>>I can get advantage against opponents that do not use the premove and beat them >>>in a lost position. >>> >>>There are cases when I simply avoid repetition in totally lost position because >>>I know that i am simply going to win on time. >>> >>>There are also many non chess tricks that can be done in game with no >>>increasment thanks to the premove(my opinion that this possibility is a good >>>reason to forbid the premove in chess servers) >>> >>>For example when both sides have few seconds to finish the game a player play a >>>stupid sacrifice because he knows that the opponent will have no prepared reply >>>against it and if he plays more logical move the opponent will have prepared >>>reply and will probably win on time. >>> >>>Uri >> >> >>I learned long ago.. & the hard way; >>never to try and outblitz my Opponent >> >>I met a guy in New York ..(I was Expert strength at the time) >>Abe Turner.. He gave me 5 minutes and he took 30 Seconds.. and beat me game >>after game after game.. >>Sad end though, he was a Postal worker, and one of his fellow workers.. stabbed >>him to death. >> >>Jacquline & Gregor (the world famous cellist) sponsored a Simultaneous >>Exhibitionby Reshevsky to play 12 local Masters. Sammy took 5 minutes and gave >>the Masters 10, and beat them all. >> >>Over the board, you can make many, many moves in 30 secnds.. Ask Walter Browne >> >>6 time U.S. Champion.. a great Blitz player. >> >>On ICC I have played 1 0 games where I played 78 Moves in 60 seconds and still >>lost on time... > >You can do it when you prepare your moves before the opponent move but when you >have 3 seconds to finish the game and the opponent surpise you with a check that >makes your prepared move illegal and after you respond he alreadt expected your >response and does another move you are in a problem. > >The opponent play all his moves in 0 seconds and you cannot do the same because >you get immediatly reply of the opponent when you reply so you have no time to >prepare your move. > >Uri That's why I supect I may be playing a Computer... It's too fast.
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