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Subject: Re: Scandal is the immediate draw after sac of RxN!

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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