tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2681850489432318981.post1824528092756613675..comments2023-03-23T11:12:13.191-07:00Comments on US Chess League News: Week 3 Game of the WeekArun Sharmahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17502944059031864655noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2681850489432318981.post-73332061315996490672009-09-18T20:35:45.716-07:002009-09-18T20:35:45.716-07:00The Becerra-Friedel game was incredible!The Becerra-Friedel game was incredible!Beniamino Verganinoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2681850489432318981.post-8584339827141006242009-09-18T17:50:17.734-07:002009-09-18T17:50:17.734-07:00Is there a "whacko" judge? Let statistic...Is there a "whacko" judge? Let statistics figure it out!<br /><br /><a href="http://bioniclime.blogspot.com/2009/09/gotw-whackometer-week-3.html" rel="nofollow">GOTW Whackometer - Week 3</a>Bionic Limehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15056656079490255005noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2681850489432318981.post-37899744959953988052009-09-18T17:44:22.039-07:002009-09-18T17:44:22.039-07:00I'm sorry the one by anonymous is actually my ...I'm sorry the one by anonymous is actually my comment :)Alex Lendermannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2681850489432318981.post-74686242622539788772009-09-18T17:43:43.340-07:002009-09-18T17:43:43.340-07:00I respect your opinion of course. I was just hopin...I respect your opinion of course. I was just hoping it would get at least some recognition, given the quality of it. I respect all of your opinions of course; I just thought it would be a nice interesting and respectable topic to bring up as often good games do tend to be overlooked. There are a couple of reasons why I brought it up. <br />1) Giorgi also played a great game against Hikaru Nakamura, outplaying him with black in a great fashion only to end up making an unfortunate blunder in a close to a winning game. So maybe that recognition would be kind of a consolation. <br />2)Even with that mouseslip it still looks like a great game and seems like it has an exciting finish with Stripunsky having to find accurate moves to make that draw. The ideas of that game are just so neat and deep I just fell in love with this game honestly :) If you look closely, that knight on d7 sits there almost whole game; it would be so tempting to move it quickly to f6 but that wouldn't be accurate :) And There were a couple of moments like that.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2681850489432318981.post-61076612046060764412009-09-18T16:35:33.422-07:002009-09-18T16:35:33.422-07:00Yeah, I agree that that's a good question. I r...Yeah, I agree that that's a good question. I remember when I was considering choices this week I thought "too bad Kacheishvili mouseslipped, otherwise his game would have been a really good choice" (and I actually had the same thoughts about the Stripunsky vs Christiansen game from Week 1).<br /><br />That is a tricky question no doubt: if there is a really good game then a one move blunder (or say a mouseslip) occurs, should that game then not be considered at all? Generally, I would say no, since almost all USCL games have some blunders, but when the blunder in question (or the mouseslip) happens to also change the result of the game in the process (as it certainly did in both the games mentioned), that makes it difficult for me psychologically to still want to rank the game. <br /><br />Perhaps that's not the best way of looking at things, obviously a matter of opinion, but that's how I happened to view those particular games.<br /><br />But I agree it's an interesting question and would like to hear others' opinions about it.Arun Sharmahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17502944059031864655noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2681850489432318981.post-36435739705200168182009-09-18T16:25:18.646-07:002009-09-18T16:25:18.646-07:00Any thoughts for game Stripunsky-Kacheishvili? Tha...Any thoughts for game Stripunsky-Kacheishvili? That is a brilliant game if one looks into; if not the mouseslip re2, it's a won game and a lot of very precise moves to outplay a solid player from the black side of a relatively drawish opening!Alex Lendermannoreply@blogger.com