Author: KarinsDad
Date: 13:56:37 05/05/99
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On May 05, 1999 at 15:36:08, Prakash Das wrote: >On May 05, 1999 at 12:37:01, KarinsDad wrote: > [snip] >> >>I think that it is a well documented fact that players do not always play for a >>win. If you do not play for a win, are you not in a way, fixing the result of >>the game? You are preventing yourself from winning. It is not a guaranteed draw, >>but if you play for a draw, you are not playing for a win. At the GM and superGM >>level, this type of thing happens all of the time. Miles and Reuben have the >>record for the shortest game ever when they agreed to a draw without making a >>move. >> >>When I sit down to play chess, I play for a win every time (of course at my >>level of play, this rarely happens). >> >>When you resigned from the Colorado Closed, did you not improve the chances of >>all of the other players. Hence, you partially fixed the results (you prevented >>Michael from winning the tournament if nothing else). >> >>I guess it is a matter of degree. A fix implies a set result, but that result >>does not have to be a win/loss, it could be a draw/draw. >> >>Something to think about. >> >>KarinsDad :) > > Agreed draws are a fact of tournament chess. At your level, you may play for a >win, but your (most players) levels do not compare with high level chess. In >this regard, Kasparov is not a great sinner. There are far worse sinners, and it >behooves you to point them all out. Some of the worst among teh superGMs are in >fact, Anand, and Kramnik. How many times have these guys drawn in interesting >positions just when the game started. This way, Anand managed to stay in running >for first place. > Garry is a fighter, he likes to win. It's easy to take potshots at him because >he is the best, always in the public eye etc. However I can go on about this, >but it's hardly the place. If Garry had lost to Fritz you would be saying how >bad his is. Judith got creamed, it's dismissed. I was unaware that I mentioned any players in my post with the exceptions of Miles, Reuben, and Ginat. I doubt I would ever comment on how bad Kasparov's play is against a computer, no matter how he played (as you suggest). Where do you get this idea from? KarinsDad :)
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