Author: Dagh Nielsen
Date: 17:54:20 11/09/05
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On November 09, 2005 at 20:19:56, Mark Ryan wrote: >On November 09, 2005 at 08:26:36, Dagh Nielsen wrote: > >>Cor. chess requires a disciplined mentality, which goes hand in hand with a >>disciplined life style. Could Kasparov become Cor. chess WC? Well, he couldn't >>bacause he would be too busy with politics etc. In other words, it wouldn't be >>the real Kasparov, only some imagined Kasparov. It is somewhat similar to >>speculating how the classical masters (Morphy, Capablanca etc.) would do if they >>lived today. The short, simple answer is that then they simply wouldn't be the >>same persons, so the question is almost meaningless. Likewise, a Kasparov >>investing time in Cor. chess would be a completely other person than the >>charismatic, impulsive and politically involved Kasparov that we know today. > >The question might be "almost" meaningless, but not completely meaningless. It >is human nature to speculate about such things, and even silly speculation can >occasionally lead to surprisingly meaningful ideas. In any case, we can say for >sure that Kasparov played a brilliant game in the Kasparov-versus-World internet >correspondence chess game. > >Cheers, >Mark Yes, of course the degree of meaning depends on the context and purpose of asking the question :-) The line of thinking I gave is at least relevant when people engage in such discussions and expect or promote a "correct answer". One point is that in this situation such a quest for a "correct" answer is meaningless, so people would be better off identifying another purpose of the discussion. High level corr. chess requires so much time that it alters the persons playing it, as compared to not spending time on it. It requires devotion in solitude with no instant gratification and general public recognition in sight. I guess I was addressing the question often stated, how well would top OTB GMs fare if they played Corr. chess. The problem is that IF they played corr. chess, they would be fundamentally different persons. In short: When one synthesizes the talent of a top OTB GM with the character traits of a top CC GM, one has constructed a new person, and that construct would in many cases not be practically tenable. Regards, Dagh Nielsen
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