Author: Omid David Tabibi
Date: 01:00:20 02/09/03
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On February 08, 2003 at 19:49:05, Graham Laight wrote: >On February 08, 2003 at 09:18:28, Omid David Tabibi wrote: > >>You cannot blame the DJ team for cowardice. For example, when Kasparov offered a >>draw after Rxc3 they bravely rejected it (I wouldn't). It was Kasparov who after >>losing the third match somewhat lost his self confidence and decided not to take >>risks for achieving victory. In all the four drawn matches the position was >>eaither a dead draw, or slightly better for Kasparov... > >Just because Kasparov engaged in vile, despicable cowardice, it didn't mean that >the DJ team had to follow his example. > But there was no game that DJ could have continued to play and didn't. Actually it is also hard to blame Kasparov. After his IBM trauma (and losing the 3rd game) he simply couldn't take any risks, lest he would risk losing. >-g
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