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Subject: Re: Nobody told the pretty chinese you cannot play a computer that way?

Author: Russell Reagan

Date: 12:00:15 06/15/04

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On June 15, 2004 at 13:46:41, Derek Paquette wrote:

>Zhu Chen looked better losing, than petrovich did drawing,
>She went in and wanted to win, she wasn't scared or cowardly, she played with
>'balls'

It is a noble thing to fight hard and not go for an easy, boring draw, but it is
nothing special. There are many players who could fight hard and lose. It is
really uncommon to find a player who can (consistently) give us an entertaining
game against computers.

Most players give us one of two things: (1) boring draw, or (2) loss. The only
player I can think of who really gave us a good show against the computers was
Smirin. He never lost and had winning chances in every game, IIRC. Are there any
other players of his calibre when it comes to playing computers (i.e. fights
hard AND doesn't lose (much) AND doesn't give us the boring draws)?



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