Let's take a Boxing analogy...
A normal average person (a 1300 player) fighting one of the best boxer at the best of his game (a 2700 player), in a real fight (without head-set).
I remember reading a (dubious) article claiming that 1 person out of 2 would actually die fighting Mike Tyson in such conditions...
In any event, would you try your chance against a world heavy weight champion on a ring? Not me! Never :)
That's not a good analogy: Tyson (in his prime) would have physical strength and speed far, far superior to the average person. These factors are overwhelming (there's a good reason if every combat sport has weight classes).
On the other hand, in a chess game both players have the same pieces so the way a master beats a beginner is with tecnique alone. If I play against Kasparov, my Queen is just as powerful as his Queen. If I fight against Tyson, my punch is nowhere near as fast or as powerful as his.
That's why the average person would survive about 1.5 seconds against Tyson, but the average chess beginner would survive much longer against Kasparov and maybe even put up a decent fight (even if he will inevitably lose at the end).
The skills differential in sports are much, much greater than in chess.
Thanks for commenting on my analogy, but I strongly question your theory.
I mean, I hope their understanding of chess is so much deeper than ours.
1400 ELO difference is like us playing someone 200. Even without a queen we would win, no?
Let's take a Boxing analogy...
A normal average person (a 1300 player) fighting one of the best boxer at the best of his game (a 2700 player), in a real fight (without head-set).
I remember reading a (dubious) article claiming that 1 person out of 2 would actually die fighting Mike Tyson in such conditions...
In any event, would you try your chance against a world heavy weight champion on a ring? Not me! Never :)
That's not a good analogy: Tyson (in his prime) would have physical strength and speed far, far superior to the average person. These factors are overwhelming (there's a good reason if every combat sport has weight classes).
On the other hand, in a chess game both players have the same pieces so the way a master beats a beginner is with tecnique alone. If I play against Kasparov, my Queen is just as powerful as his Queen. If I fight against Tyson, my punch is nowhere near as fast or as powerful as his.
That's why the average person would survive about 1.5 seconds against Tyson, but the average chess beginner would survive much longer against Kasparov and maybe even put up a decent fight (even if he will inevitably lose at the end).
The skills differential in sports are much, much greater than in chess.