Author: Fernando Villegas
Date: 08:04:21 01/03/00
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That's right. In my country probably only one or two players -GM Ivan Morovic and maybe IM Rodrigo Vásquez- could hold a game againts any of the current top programs. The rest of the current strong players crop here would be wiped off the board. Surely the same happens in many countries. It is unbearable for normal human egoes. It is neccesary to be, like us, enthusiastic CC fans to overcome that feeling of impotence and even get a kick to be kicked in the ass one time after another. I am what in USA call an "expert" chess player, with a cup won in a tournament, and yet I have no chance even at slow ryhtms of play like those I like. My only uncertainty when I begin to play a program is if i am going to be killed in 25 movements -a pawn lost is for me enough to resign- or in 45. But I am not a pro player and I can even enjoy the defeat. But for a pro is like death, like to be mauled by a toy. I remember a argentinian master that complained whow bad he felt after being defeated "by a piece of furniture..." fernando
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