Author: Albert Silver
Date: 09:54:57 05/08/00
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On May 08, 2000 at 12:35:35, Enrique Irazoqui wrote:
>On May 08, 2000 at 12:10:35, Fernando Villegas wrote:
>
>>Hi all:
>>I just posted an answer to Enrique about the real reason behind these
>>medodramatic gestures of resignation after a couple of moves, and do it here
>>again because I am more and more convinced that what we have here is the
>>beginning of an opera of political correctness, that, as so many times, will
>>hide other, less glamorous motives. The real motives are panic to lose to the
>>machine.
>
>If it is true, as it clearly seems, that the participation of a chess program in
>the Dutch national championship has been a political decision adopted by the
>federation against the will of chess players, Bosboom and others had two options
>left: not participating or boycotting from the inside.
>
>I personally find quite maddening the attitude of some chess players refusing to
>play computers in important events, but I also understand a protest against a
>political decision against the will of chess players.
>
>Tough, unpleasant situation.
>
>Enrique
Yes, and I also think it is wrong to have a program playing for the title in the
national championship. I can't even begin to understand what Fritz is doing in
the Dutch national championships. I absolutely want to see programs pitted
against top players and see how they fare in tournament conditions, but I tend
to see a national championship a little differently. This is an event to decide
who is the champion of the country (and all this represents) for a given period
of time. Where does Fritz enter this picture?
Albert Silver
>
>> On the contrary, Jeroen played because probably he felt he had good
>>chances to win, as a matter of course, being a great player as he is. But this
>>Boombom, to whom he has won? Which are the credentials of the guy? Surely there
>>are not books about his best games. In short, he is just one more IM in the pack
>>but now he got publicity and a sense of arrogant satisfaction just not playing,
>>avoiding to lose and even more, getting an aura of heroe in some quarters. Great
>>shot with almost no cost. Shame... One more show of low motives and despicable
>>human arrogance gettying cover under the cloths of great gesture. Boooo...
>>Fernando
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