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Subject: Re: GM shouldn't play H7 before match starts

Author: Matt Frank

Date: 21:52:12 02/02/99

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On February 01, 1999 at 19:18:54, Reynolds Takata wrote:

> 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.

Do you think the GM would agree to random chess?  :-} That would satisfy everone
who is concerned about opening book prep, right?


Matt Frank



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