Author: Tony Nichols
Date: 06:22:31 08/11/05
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On August 11, 2005 at 08:09:47, Steve Glanzfeld wrote: >On August 11, 2005 at 07:49:12, Kurt Utzinger wrote: > >> 25m+10s is much too fast for human players >> and at this TC humans will have almost no chance. >> This event is not worth watching for me. > >Really? There were lots of events in the past with comparable time controls, >like the Intel Grand Prix. It seems that several grandmasters did contradict >your opinion, because they participated. And: A **Grandmaster** must be able to >defends his reputation on ANY time control, because: the opponent doesn't have >more time either. No? > >Grandmaster = always, not just at 40/2h no? > >Steve In order to get the GM title you have to play in classical chess tournaments. No title is given for rapid games. GM's should only have to defend their title in the same arena they got it in. There are many untitled blitz players who can beat GM's but this does not make them GM's. Rapid time controls favor computers because they are fast calculators. This is fun to watch but it's almost a handicap match. Regards Tony
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