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Post by matejst on Nov 3, 2023 8:43:31 GMT
I don't see a single player with the conditions necessary to become a new #1. Which is unfortunate, because I don't like Carlsen. Time will show. Unfortunately, while modern means make progress efficient and quick, good seconds are still irreplaceable. And most players don't find them. Morozevich was a good example. Caruana is another one. Aronian made a career because he had a Soviet/Armenian chess education. Talent needs guidance.
During the match for world champion between Carlsen and Nepo, Svidler asked Kramnik to explain how to play a position with two rooks against a queen. Then remember how Fischer used to win bishop against knight endings in equal positions. Yesterday, Bacrot, who was a 2700 player, lost a position the moment he transited to the ending. They all seem to lack technique.
It also seem that computer introduced a bias in their play, but I cannot define how for now.
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Post by Ozymandias on Nov 3, 2023 10:04:59 GMT
good seconds are still irreplaceable. And most players don't find them. I'd say most don't even look for them. We've gone from, "I need a strong player I can trust to help me with my repertoire" to "I don't need anyone, I have SF".
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Post by matejst on Nov 3, 2023 13:37:09 GMT
good seconds are still irreplaceable. And most players don't find them. I'd say most don't even look for them. We've gone from, "I need a strong player I can trust to help me with my repertoire" to "I don't need anyone, I have SF". Yesterday I watched Caruana play a typical position against an isolated pawn. These type of positions are drawn when played by engines, but very winnable in human play. But it seemed Fabio did not know how technically to play these kind of positions after he blocked the pawn and maximized the pressure. Just ask Fischer how to play this kind of positions -- and ask Taimanov, or Spassky, who were on the losing side.
Then, Bacrot played with his pawns and with his knight right in a lost position. I could not believe my eyes. Rapport gave a pawn for zilch. Sarana, against Nakamura, played the ending like a patzer. They see a lot, they can calculate loads of variations (I am impressed by the TV analyses), but they err in technical positions.
The problem is technique. Kramnik, Karpov, Carlsen would never lose such positions. Men still have to rely on general principles, to know positions' types to be able to draw. We cannot calculate 50 plies ahead. But, as you wrote it well, they have SF.
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Post by Ozymandias on Nov 3, 2023 14:17:19 GMT
They're a cheap bunch, if they think they can get away without paying someone for their work, they'll try exactly that.
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Post by matejst on Nov 3, 2023 15:24:40 GMT
They're a cheap bunch, if they think they can get away without paying someone for their work, they'll try exactly that. I think they are uneducated. Recently, Nieman stated that his objective was to become the first American world champion. I don't know why, but I feel somehow it would be quite difficult.
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Post by Ozymandias on Nov 3, 2023 16:03:09 GMT
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