Author: Miguel A. Ballicora
Date: 08:11:03 02/01/06
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On January 31, 2006 at 20:38:33, Fernando Villegas wrote: >Now I can tell you this. >Minutes before the second game, as Morovic and his friends arranged over the >board the by then still inert chessmen in the initial positions, I dared to give >a piece of advice. >I told Ivan this: >- Ivan, behave in this second game as old chess fans used to do when facing 80's >vintange computers.. >-What they did? -he asked. >-They just tried to keep themselves alive along the middle game and waited until >ending came, and then and only then they went for the killing... >Ivan glanced at me with a smile and nodding his head, but the smile and the >bouncing of the head was the only positive receptions my advice had. >We already know the history: he went for the killing in the middle game and, as >I myself putted some posts ago, it was like a revamped light brigade charge in >balaclava. Ivan handled his troops lot better and brighter than Lord Raglan his, >but the output was the same. >Only after the bitter end I told Ivan that the beta 7 he used was enterily -or >almost- lacking in ending routines. Had he..... >He interrupted me: >-No matter what, I would do always the same. I play chess to get fun for me and >for the chess lovers, not to get a miserable point entrenched behind a mine >field... >So is Ivan, this wonderful chap and friend of mine... > >fernando I am not sure that your advice applies to a GM. They have to play at full strength, otherwise, their game will suffer. In other words, if they think "I believe this is the best move but I will play this because I play against a computer" they will end up playing weakly. However, and I may agree with you, they still could play a different kind of opening that lead to a more strategic game. The advice that is more important, IMHO, is NOT to be in time trouble!! That is virtually suicide against a computer. Thanks a lot, both games were really nice, particulary the annotations. The first time I saw Morovic play was in the Mar del Plata Open (1978?). He was a rising star teen ager that played the Paulsen. I see that he still likes it. Saludos, Miguel Miguel
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