31 Mar 10
cool site, I wonder how long it takes to blunder check and sort the data like that. Anyway, I thought of a flaw in the numbers. With Morphy and Steinitz I would think that the blunder check should start more at like move 10 as opening theory was a lot lower and with say Kramnik on it should be later like move 20-25.
31 Mar 10
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Very surprising to see Alekhine rated so low on those tables. He is considered one of the giants of chess and people often disparage Euwe's match win over him as a total fluke but the 3 year table shows Euwe in the 1931-1934 (1 year before their first match) as being stronger than any 3 year performance by Alekhine?
31 Mar 10
Originally posted by mcreynoldsEuwe's win wasn't a fluke, he played world champion quality chess during this period of time and outplayed Alekhine. It was an upset, but not a fluke.
Very surprising to see Alekhine rated so low on those tables. He is considered one of the giants of chess and people often disparage Euwe's match win over him as a total fluke but the 3 year table shows Euwe in the 1931-1934 (1 year before their first match) as being stronger than any 3 year performance by Alekhine?
31 Mar 10
Originally posted by Maxacre42This. A fluke would imply that there had been an adverse situation affecting Alekhine at the time of the match, i.e. a death in the family. Alekhine's drunkenness was entirely his own fault.
Euwe's win wasn't a fluke, he played world champion quality chess during this period of time and outplayed Alekhine. It was an upset, but not a fluke.