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Originally Posted by curtains
I think I'm ready to sidebet on Allen C. When is the game to be played?
Might be interested under the right terms. However, the original post by Allen said something like he just has to beat him once and didn't really stipulate whether there was a limit on the # of attempts. I think Howard can hold him off for a few games, but obviously Allen should win the bet if they play 10 games or something.
I'm in the minority here, but I think a true 2100 player doesn't drop anywhere near as much as many of you think due to inactivity. Whether Howard was a "true" 2100 player is certainly up for debate.
I always remember a quote I read in CL many years ago from (I think) either Ilya Gurevich or Maxim Dlugy where they came back after some relatively long period of inactivity and stll performed reasonably well, where they said that serious chess study means you learn certain things about chess, and those things don't go away, and to beat them, you still have to overcome that knowledge. I don't think someone who misses Nd7 or Qe8 in the most recent two examples is going to do that (no offense Allen).