Author: Arturo Ochoa
Date: 11:20:32 11/12/05
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On November 12, 2005 at 13:02:23, George Tsavdaris wrote: >On November 12, 2005 at 12:53:31, Arturo Ochoa wrote: > >>On November 12, 2005 at 10:31:53, George Tsavdaris wrote: >> >>>On November 12, 2005 at 10:22:44, Arturo Ochoa wrote: >>> >>>>On November 12, 2005 at 10:13:46, George Tsavdaris wrote: >>>> >>>>>I see that Zappa-The King continues from a completely drawn position...... >>>>>Computers will keep playing it but why their operators are so stubborn? >>>>> >>>>>The game should stop from 43th move or earlier.......What a waste of time:-( >>>>> >>>> >>>>It is not so stupid as you think. I remember games where one of the programs was >>>>loosing with a -5 score and it won the game finally. >>>> >>>>It is possible the operator thougt that the complete point was important and it >>>>was trying to win by time out or a possible bug in the other engine. >>> >>> That kind of thinking is not what Chess or computer Chess has to be! This is a >>>bad, very bad sportsmanship.....! >> >>It is not matter of matter of thoughts. The point is you can need that point to >>get a better position in the Tournament and you can use that if your opponent >>doesnt know how to handle that situation. >> >>Today, The King managed to draw the game despite of the Zappa Operatior >>stubborness to win the game. >> >>> >>>> >>>>If you think that it is so stupid to win a complete point gambling in a possible >>>>mistake of the opponent, then your question is more stupid than I though it was. >>> >>> Again, having a complete draw-position and praying for a bug or time loss is >>>very bad behaviour.......! >>> And since you think that my question would be stupid i can conclude that you >>>approve this behaviour. I have another opinion: Yes to try to win, but always >>>with an elegant way! >> >>Tell me in what rule of the FIDE is forbidden to press the opponent when he is >>in a hurry because of the time. > > No i don't say it's illegal i just say it is not the correct behaviour, yet, >ONLY if the position will be a clear draw (i'm not speaking about insufficient >material draws). Incorrect behavior means if you bother the opponent. On the contrary, if you opponent doesnt have how to hold a draw position neither to manage the pression, there is no any problem with that. Again, show me the rule of the Fide, where this behavior is not sportive. > >>The best players in the world have used this >>technique to press the opponent or to try to save a half of point. Example, I >>remember now a game between Korchnoi-Karpov in Baguio City. Korchnoi was in a >>hurry of time but I could checkmate the Black King in 3. Karpov gambled and move >>the king to the center. Korchnoi blunder and the game finished draw. It save 0.5 >>points. Is it a bad practice? No, because he needed to save that game. > >That's anonther story. I'm not speaking about that kind of situations. I'm >speaking about positions that are clear draws with easy play. No real >grandmaster or Chess player would continue such a game, blitz or not..... > That is the same situation. Karpov knew that his game was lost but gamblered to the time pression og Korchnoi. He was successful in that case. From your sportive point of view, Karpov should have resigned that game but the reality is his strategy was effective, since he saved 0.5 points. If the Zappa Operator realized that he could press The King because of the time, it was not a bad behavior. More examples, Bobby Fischer liked to press his opponents. Remember that famous game against Geller with rook endgame. Geller offered several draw proposal to Fischer but Fischer refused to accept everyone. At the end, Geller made a big mistake and lost that game. According to your point of view, this is not good sportive behavior, but Fischer reached his goal: to win the game. There are a good number of examples in human games as well as in computer chess. >>>> >>>>Arturo Ochoa M.
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