Author: Robert Hyatt
Date: 18:54:12 03/22/99
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On March 22, 1999 at 09:10:38, James Robertson wrote: >On March 22, 1999 at 04:59:34, Mark Young wrote: > >>On March 20, 1999 at 23:42:03, James Robertson wrote: >> >>>On March 20, 1999 at 19:41:41, Howard Exner wrote: >>> >>>>On March 20, 1999 at 05:15:42, CLiebert wrote: >>>> >>>> >>>>> >>>>>BOTH GAMES WERE PLAYED UNDER VERY DIFFICULT CONDITIONS FOR KASPAROV >>>>>(LIVE COMMENTS, MUSIC, NOISE). >>>> >>>>This reminds me of Deen Hergott playing Hiarcs. It was in a noisy mall. >>>>Kids were interrupting Hergott in the middle of the game >>>>asking him if they could have a turn at the computer. Not your typical >>>>chess tournament conditions. >>> >>>That was not mentioned in the Chess Resource Center.... I think it should have, >>>as it must have had an effect on the outcome.... >>> >>>James >> >>As many of us know through the history of chess. Many things cause the better >>chess player to lose a chess match. This can range from a player giving the >>other player the evil eye, to KGB psychic plants in the audience, to the moon >>being in conjuction with mars, to kids asking who's move is it in the game. It >>just gos to show you its always something. >> >>Mark Young > >I didn't say it changed the result, I said if _affected_ the result. And anyway, >why are places where people are concentrating usually as silent as possible? (I >may be wrong) but you would not have wanted to completed your collage studying >on a pedestal in a mall. > >James While you are correct, why would Kasparov choose to play two games in such a noisy place? IE just 'walk away' saying "I can't play here, this is way too noisy to concentrate." Or did he play there so that there would be an 'excuse' if he did poorly? You never know...
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