Author: KarinsDad
Date: 15:16:34 05/08/00
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On May 08, 2000 at 17:46:24, Enrique Irazoqui wrote:
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>I understand your point well, but don't forget that Piket played yesterday and
>apparently van Wely and van der Wiel criticized Bosboom quite badly today, so it
>seems that players are divided and not all feel antagonized.
>
>Enrique
Fair enough. But let me ask some questions. Here are the recent FIDE ratings:
Piket 2641
van Wely 2646
van der Wiel 2558
Bosboom 2461
Is it just possible that the higher rated players do not feel as threatened by
Fritz as the lower rated ones? Is it just possible that it is easy for people to
jump on the bandwagon of criticizing without careful thought?
I take these criticisms with a grain of salt. There could be other unknown
motives behind them, such as history between these players.
And to tell the truth, what is worse? Purposely losing a game or purposely
drawing 2 games? GMs do that all of the time. I have never heard them point the
finger at themselves for doing that.
KarinsDad :)
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