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Subject: GM shouldn't play H7 before match starts

Author: Reynolds Takata

Date: 16:18:54 02/01/99

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 Thanks for trying to set up this match.

However, i think it would be of most importance if the GM only agreed to look at
Hiarcs games, that have already been played.  The GM should have no access to
actually play it before the match.  After all Hiarcs will have absoloutely no
chance whatsoever to practice against the GM.  Him playing H7 before the match
is way too great of a handicap, i'd expect any 2200 master to beat H7 if he was
allowed this advantage.  So if the GM is allowed to do this, then even if Hiarcs
was 2750 ELO(which it isn't), would stand almost no chance in the match, thus i
see the whole effort as being in someways wasted.  This because hiarcs would be
lost before they ever actually play a move in the real match.  There is no
legitimite match anywhere, where you can go up to an opponent and say "hey what
would you play if i play this in the match?".  Though it may be hard, but since
it's your dime, i would expect that in the contract that he agree not to play
actual games against Hiarcs in the interim between now and the match, though he
should have acces to games that have been played already.  Aren't you tired of
looking at our comments :) hehehe.



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