Author: James T. Walker
Date: 06:18:25 08/11/99
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On August 10, 1999 at 21:38:31, Robert Hyatt wrote: >On August 10, 1999 at 14:44:51, odell hall wrote: > >>On August 10, 1999 at 11:43:00, Brian Smith wrote: >> >>>On August 10, 1999 at 08:17:53, blass uri wrote: >>> >>>>On August 10, 1999 at 08:13:48, Jouni Uski wrote: >>>> >>>>>In WCCC it didn't lose a single game and Karpov cannot beat it. So is it >>>>>totally unbeaten? Maybe Kasparov should try :-) >>>> >>>>Karpov did not beat it but it does not say that he cannot beat it. >>>>The game was faster then tournament time control. >>>> >>>>Uri >>> >>>What was the final result in the Karpov-Shredder match anyway (I think I was on >>>vacation)? >> >> >>You guys really kill me with this faster than tournament time control business. >>I mean the game was 40\90 minutes which is only a half hour shorter than normal >>as if karpov is going to play 100 elo pts stronger or something. If a player >>cannot come up with and execute a reasonable plan in 40\90 what makes you think >>he would do it with a mere extra 30 minutes. Hyaat says this same thing as >>yourself , which i think is completely unreasonable. > > >There is a _huge_ difference between 45 moves in 90 minutes then game in 30 >minutes, than there is in 40 moves in 2 hours and then 20 moves in one hour >with no sudden death. > >A _huge_ difference. Yes Bob, but consider that even the "World Championships" in Vegas are not playing 40/2 & 20/1. These long games are becoming less frequent now. The days of 10 hour games with adjournment are disappearing. Jim Walker
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