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- From: linb@ucs.orst.edu (Benjamin Lin)
- Newsgroups: rec.games.chess
- Subject: Re: US Championship Results
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- Date: 21 Dec 92 22:32:48 GMT
- References: <BzMCG4.HKy@world.std.com> <34514@rnd.GBA.NYU.EDU> <1992Dec21.214018.12512@u.washington.edu>
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- In article <1992Dec21.214018.12512@u.washington.edu> monaghan@cac.washington.edu (Tracy Monaghan ) writes:
- >US Championship
- >Durango, Colorado
- >2-19 December, 1992
- > 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6
- >1 Wolff,Patrick x 0 = = = 0 1 = 1 = 1 1 1 1 1 1 10.5 +8 -2 =5
- >2 Gulko,Boris 1 x = = 0 = = 1 1 = 1 = = = 1 1 10 +6 -1 =8
- >3 Sherzer,Alex = = x = 0 = 1 0 = = 1 1 1 1 1 1 10 +7 -2 =6
- >4 Seirawan,Yasser = = = x 1 1 = 1 = = = 0 = = = 1 9 +4 -1 =10
- >
- >Any comment on the high number of draws by Seirawan?
- >
- >He would not have finished so high if the FS-II (only wins) rules were
- >followed.
- >
- >Is his style ultra-conservative, playing for draws (6 of which were less
- >than 20 moves)?
- >
-
- I think he is known for playing ultra-positional chess. Didn't he once say
- that he played positional chess better than Kasparov, but Kasparov was better
- at tactics?
-
- >His openings (scillian as black; d4, c4 or Nf3 as white) didn't seem
- >conservative to this fish, but how did they compare at least in diversity to
- >the other players?
-
- Sicilian? I saw only the first few rounds, and he used the Caro-Kann.
-
- That's too bad that Sherzer didn't win :-(
-
- -benoni
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