Author: Tina Long
Date: 22:58:39 03/26/00
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On March 26, 2000 at 09:58:48, Robert Hyatt wrote: >On March 25, 2000 at 22:37:29, Tina Long wrote: > >>On March 25, 2000 at 00:10:09, Robert Hyatt wrote: >> >>>On March 23, 2000 at 23:05:35, Tina Long wrote: >>> >>>>I agree with Roger, & add: this was all happening in the middle of the night for >>>>Xie Jun, waiting around for an hour to start a five hour game, after playing >>>>during the day, in a "proper" tournament, and going back there the following >>>>day. >>>> >>>>Sooner or later you've got to say "F#$% This!" and go to bed. >>>> >>>>Tina Long >>> >>>But don't forget, no one held a gun to her head to make her sign the contract >>>to play on those days. She chose to play in both events at the same time. It >>>was a stupid decision. But apparently KC offered her enough money that she >>>was willing to do it... >>> >>>She can hardly complain about her own bad judgement. As I said, she certainly >>>has reasons to be upset. But this isn't one of them... >>> >>> >>True, but lets put an emphasis on "this was all happening". If the games had >>started on time & finished without incident, then the schedule wasn't too bad. >>Gees, we all play the odd game of chess in the middle of the night. >> >>Also, she accepted the "Real" tournament AFTER she had accepted the ClubK >>contract. >> >>If everything had gone smoothly it would have all gone smoothly, and we'd be >>discussing move 23 of game 5. >> >>cheers, >>Tina Long > > >Just don't forget that 99% of the communication problems were on the China >end of things. She didn't understand internet chess and GUIs well enough to >know that maybe... but it is obvious that the problems (this time) were not >mainly DJ's... Agreed. I have been trying to defend the "poor sportsmanship" accusations by people here not qualified to call a World Champion a "bad sport" in a public forum. I have been trying to dispute incorrect claims made against Xie Jun. I only got as far as my last post by stating she signed the ClubK contract first. I'll admit I know no more than anyone here because I have only read the same accounts as everyone else. I'm no fan of Xie Jun and agree that her end, mainly Leong's responsibility?, could have tried to alleviate problems better. But that doesn't give people the right to say bad things about her. Ta Tina Long
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