Author: Tom Kerrigan
Date: 00:26:05 03/23/00
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On March 23, 2000 at 02:27:29, Roger wrote: >Tom, > >I completely disagree. As I said, no chess game takes place in a vacuum. You >have to consider the TOTAL SITUATION. If you start pulling out little pieces of >the situation, you can argue almost anything you want. > >So you are saying that if the games had started on time, and that if the >connection was perfect, Xie would have found some other reason to bitch and >cause trouble? I doubt it, otherwise she would never have agreed to the games to No, not at all. I just think she should have continued the match via telephone. I basically don't understand her reason not to. I mean, yes, using the telephone is sort of a breach of contract, it is something that was not agreed upon, it is changing a situation that is already messed up. However, how could using the phone possibly mess up the situation any more than it already was? And it's not like using a phone is rocket science. It would not have made anything more complicated. On the contrary, it would have simplified everything and made it work. But oh well. -Tom
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