Author: Robert Hyatt
Date: 13:04:16 02/21/99
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On February 21, 1999 at 12:58:13, Bruce Moreland wrote: > >On February 21, 1999 at 10:32:56, Robert Hyatt wrote: > >>in 5 0, 10 0, or 30 0 (witness the ferret games vs blatny) the human will, on >>occasion, get into great time trouble. Even when he is outright winning. And >>a certain number of those 'won' games will be lost due to time. In an increment >>game, won games will be won, usually. Which will have an effect on the rating. > >I think it would be wrong to say this about those two games. In the first game >he had 4 minutes left, thought for 2 minutes, and made a bad move. I believe he >was significantly worse before that point. > >In the second game I don't remember anyone talking about time problems. He had >two minutes left at the end, and was badly busted with six minutes or more left. > >bruce Didn't mean to imply that time cost him either game. But his time management was _very_ poor in both. In a zero-inc game, you can _not_ fall 4:1 or 5:1 behind your opponent and have much of a chance unless you find a crushing attack. He had no chance of winning, even if the games had been even at move 40. He didn't have enough time. And when he starts moving quickly, the game ends soon due to a tactical mistake.
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