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28 Dec 04
28 Dec 04
Here's a good article with a statistical analysis of draws. It focuses on the world champions. Lots of charts and graphs and stuff...
http://chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp?newsid=2096
Some highlights:
Thus, Steinitz, Lasker, Alekhine and Fischer appear to be the world champions with the greatest fighting spirit. They do have a higher ratio of won games than their colleagues, their drawn games last longer and the number of their short draws is lower.
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Here, the dove of peace award goes to Spassky, who impresses us with a drawing ratio of 59%, closely followed by Petrosian and Kramnik with 57% each.
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01 Jan 05
Originally posted by wibSpass has a high drawing ratio, and he's a king's gambiteer, how is that mathematicly possible? *scratches head*
Here's a good article with a statistical analysis of draws. It focuses on the world champions. Lots of charts and graphs and stuff...
http://chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp?newsid=2096
Some highlights:
Thus, Steinitz, Lasker, Alekhine and Fischer appear to be the world champions with the greatest fighting spirit. They do have a higher ratio of won gam ...[text shortened]... ng ratio of 59%, closely followed by Petrosian and Kramnik with 57% each.
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02 Jan 05
Originally posted by mateuloseSpassky did not play the King's Gambit all the time. Spassky was a lively active player who was able to play almost any opening. He was the strongest player for about three years in late 60s. It seems that once he won the title he no longer had the will or inspiration he had before. The Spassky that beat Petrosion was not the Spassky that played Fischer. I am not so sure that Fischer beat Spassky as much as Spassky lost. Those draws must have happened after 1972.
Spass has a high drawing ratio, and he's a king's gambiteer, how is that mathematicly possible? *scratches head*