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Subject: Re: Human vs. human "anti-chess" ?

Author: Robert Hollay

Date: 14:36:27 05/22/05

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On May 22, 2005 at 17:16:43, Kurt Utzinger wrote:

>On May 22, 2005 at 16:45:24, Robert Hollay wrote:
>
>[...]
>>If relatively weak players can draw against the top engines, why couldn't an IM
>>achieve always a draw against a GM? (using the so called "stonewall" technique)
>>
>>Robert
>
>
>      Because a GM
>
>      a) has a much greater chess knowledge
>         in all phases of a game than an IM
>
>      b) plays usually more precisely than
>         an IM
>
>      c) ... wins for some other reasons
>
>      Kurt

So a human can always prevent another human to play the so called "anti-chess"?
I asked this question only because it seemed to me that this "stonewall" defence
reduces the margin of knowledge between chess-players.





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