Author: Terry McCracken
Date: 13:47:03 02/09/03
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On February 09, 2003 at 05:37:27, Uri Blass wrote: >On February 09, 2003 at 04:59:45, Terry McCracken wrote: > >>On February 09, 2003 at 04:17:20, Michael Cummings wrote: >> >>>On February 09, 2003 at 03:57:29, Rolf Tueschen wrote: >>> >>>>On February 09, 2003 at 03:49:28, Bruce Moreland wrote: >>>> >>>>>On February 08, 2003 at 23:26:05, Michael Cummings wrote: >>>>> >>>>>>To clarify, if you saw two GM's or any players for that matter at the same >>>>>>position as Kasparov and DJ were at. How many would have agree'd to a draw? >>>>>> >>>>>>I have been looking through my database of chess games for draws, and I have yet >>>>>>been able to find one that agreed to a draw being 1 pawn and a queen each down. >>>>>> >>>>>>Maybe someone else can find a game in which this has happened. drawing a game >>>>>>with 98% of the pieces still in play? >>>>> >>>>>?? >>>>> >>>>>Do you actually play chess? >>>>> >>>>>bruce >>>> >>>> >>>>I appreciate his reflection but he put it into a wrong question. And all others >>>>followed him on that road - to my big surprise - as if they all had no >>>>understanding of chess. >>>> >>>>The end of the 6th is not sensational because of the quantity of material left >>>>or the number of moves being played. >>>> >>>>The scandal is this: >>>> >>>>There is no example IMO in human chess where a player - in that early stage - >>>>sacrificed the "quality" (R against N or B) JUST to offer a draw! >>>> >>>>Rolf Tueschen >>> >>>Yes that is what I meant. I thought I did say it that way, oh well >> >>Then niether of you or Rolf _actually_ play chess! >> >>You guys suck! Patzers! Ha! > >Wrong logic. >Sacrificing quality and offering a draw later is not something common >so ignorance about cases that it happens is not a proof that the player does not >play chess. > >Uri LOL! Uri, if they don't understand why Kasparov offered the draw, I'm saying they are weak players, which is apparent, after reading this thread.
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