| Angelo De Pa1ma 2005-04-11, 5:59 pm |
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When I was in grad school during the early '80s my best buddy was a guy
named Terry G. He was an A player (at the time I think my rating was in the
high 1500s). Terry was a real ... how do I say this diplomatically... He was
a story teller. He had a story for every occasion. Supposedly he had been a
bookie, years before deciding to become a chemist, with a fellow named Eric
from New Palz, NY. When I taught Terry to play bridge he remembered that
Peter Weichsel, a former world bridge chanpion, had lived right next door to
him and Eric in New Palz. Hmmmm.
Eric was an expert chess player according to Terry, and of Danish heritage.
Somehow, one day Bengt Larsen asked Terry and Eric to help him write a book
(presumably on chess) in English. As payment Larsen played "hundreds" of
blitz games against them. The great Dane won every game but at one point, as
he was nodding out, he suddenly awoke to find himself in danger of losing.
According to Terry, Larsen suddenly woke up and found a winning combination.
The point I'm making is if a B.S. artist like my friend couldn't win one
blitz game against Larsen, even in his fantasies, then I would probably not
score even half a point against Kasparov over a couple of thousand games.
Think about it: Peter Leko has never beaten Garry, nor has Shirov. Michael
Adams is something like minus 10 against GK!!
"George John" <george@neosoft.com> wrote in message
news:1112657707.031174.225340@f14g2000cwb.googlegroups.com...
quote:
> Angelo De Pa1ma wrote:
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> constructed, but
> Garry
>
> Angelo,
>
> Two draws would also work. Also, a rating difference of 900 expects 1
> point for about every 179 games!
>
> BTW, my son and I are about 900 points apart (he's about 2300), too.
> He says the same thing, that I would not be able to get a win or two
> draws against him (assuming I didn't become any better at chess from
> all those games played against someone MUCH stronger).
>
> Best regards,
>
> George John
>
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