| May-13-12 | | RookFile: Yasser has been playing these English systems since he was a kid. |
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| May-13-12 | | frogbert: what a drawish player seirawan is ... |
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| May-13-12 | | RookFile: Don't see it that way. He probably figured that Robson might outcalculate him in some middlegame. So, he set up the queen trade with the aim of grinding him, and succeeded. By the way, this is a good time to mention that Seirawan has had no draws whatever in the US championship. Every game has been decisive. |
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| May-13-12 | | frogbert: yeah, i noticed. somebody seemingly did not notice the irony. :o) |
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| May-13-12 | | Robeson: "what a drawish player seirawan is .."
So the only player in the tournament who's had all decisive results after six rounds is drawish? Interesting take on reality... |
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| May-14-12 | | frogbert: what's with you guys and irony? not invented here (yet) syndrome? :o) |
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| May-14-12 | | Marmot PFL: Against a younger player with better memory it's smart for Yasser to avoid sharp opening theory, playing for an ending where his experience is more valuable. Even as a youngster though Yasser usually didn't try to force things in the opening. He had an easy draw with Stirpunsky the day before, but tried too hard to win it and ended up losing. |
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| May-14-12 | | King Death: In some of Robson's games he seems to be less comfortable in positional battles so it doesn't surprise me that Seirawan played the kind of line that he liked even when he was a junior. |
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| May-14-12 | | RookFile: Irony is fine. That's the problem with written word, sometimes the full meaning doesn't come through. |
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| May-14-12 | | jackpawn: Game sort of makes me chuckle. The old fox just took away all the kid's weapons and was able to slowly grind him down. |
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May-14-12
 | | HeMateMe: Yaz got in some very nice Zweizenzwungs (in between moves) to win the endgame. I'm so glad the two players didn't agree to a draw at move 15, like some GMs would. This is why the no draw before move 40 rule should be used--play the game out, stuff happens. |
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May-14-12
 | | tpstar: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zwisch...
<play the game out, stuff happens> How ironic. |
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| May-14-12 | | Jim Bartle: I somehow doubt Seirawan spends much time trying to stay on the proverbial cutting edge of theory the way he must have in the 80s and 90s. He seems to be playing more for fun, so he tries to avoid openings where his opponent might have noticed a devastating novelty on move #17 of game 458 in Informant 98. |
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| May-14-12 | | frogbert: zwischenzugs, maybe?
zwischen = (in)between
zug = move
but 'zweizenzwung' admittedly has some *schwung* to it too: zwei = german for 'two'
zen = well, 'zen'
zwung = funny spelling of schwung, maybe? |
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May-14-12
| | HeMateMe: Well, who has time to spell check everything? |
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| May-15-12 | | paavoh: <zwischenzugs, maybe?> Zwischenzüge, I believe. |
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| May-15-12 | | frogbert: in english it would still be "zwischenzugs" - one thing is importing words, another is importing grammar. :o) |
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| May-15-12 | | paavoh: @frogbert: <one thing is importing words, another is importing grammar> True, but it is never crystal clear - think about "media" which in English plural would be "mediums" :-) |
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| May-15-12 | | Michael1234567891011: I'm pretty convinced at this point that Yasser has an endgame fetish... |
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| May-15-12 | | Everett: < Michael1234567891011: I'm pretty convinced at this point that Yasser has an endgame fetish...> This has always been the case, save he is not quite as solid as he used to be in them, if this tournament is any proof. |
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| May-16-12 | | RookFile: Still more games to be played. If he slogs his way back to a 50 percent score, that is perfectly respectable. |
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May-19-12
 | | Dionysius1: <Frogbert> Irony understood in a one line electronic post? You'll be lucky! |
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