| help bot 2006-11-20, 2:39 am |
| IM Innes wrote:
quote:
> I must qualify what I have said therefore: from the resolution of the
> painitng on my monitor I can't tell Kings from Queens for white or
> black,
> but given the worst placements from white's perspective, I would still
> hold
> these views, [even though black is holding a piece in the air].
>
> My qualifications for saying so is that I was nearly an international
> master, with a rating of 2450, which is a tolerably qualified level to
> offer
> an opinion - for example, Nil, who used to post here before splitting,
> so to
> speak, was a player of about 1400 rating, and this "ELO" scale is not
> linear.
According to IM Innes, he was at the time a good
1000+ points superior to "Nil" Brennen, and this is
what *qualified* him to refute what he thought was
"Nil's" stated position. (I noted the "Escape Claus"
wherein IM Innes inserted a brief comment about
the resolution of his monitor -- just in case.)
quote:
> This is not to say that Nil could not also resolve the
> situation
> over the board - but given the best imagined placements for black and
> the
> worst for white, it is hard or even impossible to assert
> "mate-in-three" if
> a board position cannot be resolved.
True. But when it comes to chess games such as
this one, the artist may have had a superior imagination
to that of even a near-IM. In fact, it is possible for an
artist to *deliberately* insert bizarre contradictions into
his work, like say, two white Kings or something like
that. (Ordinarily, a near-IM rated 2450 Elo could be
expected to be superior at this reconstruction thing to
a 1400 USCF.)
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If there is one thing which springs to mind in these
exchanges with nearly-an-IM Innes, it is that he seems
to know a good deal about psychology in general, but
is utterly blinded when it comes to applying such
knowledge to himself or others. Once again, my advice
to him and any so-called allies, is to find some way to
put this event behind him, not keep dragging it out of
the closet. (Leave posing and posturing to the trained
professionals, like say, Nick Bourbaki and Ray Keene.
LOL!)
-- help bot
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