Author: rich
Date: 06:21:32 09/10/99
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On September 10, 1999 at 06:04:42, Ed Schröder wrote: >>Perhaps Ed should clarify this issue. > >My only goal is to find out how Rebel will do against GM's at tournament >time control. Because of the attention the event gets I can afford to put >some money and time in it. > >As for the question, "count this game or not" I on my abacus will not >count this game because the game was not representative to the above >mentioned goal. > If your goal were to win a game against someone, would you having lost the game claimed it as invalid ? If someone at the other side of the board told me that, I might go berserk! Rebel lost the game.Both officially and unofficially. Sometimes humans say:" I had much better position but I was low on time", The above statement is the standard "I should have won but lost"-explanation. But Rebel wasn't in time trouble, right? Newsflash:When you lose a game you have no-one else to blame but yourself. A team-mate didn't drop a pass, as in team sports. With chess comes responsability, a grandmaster once told me that "The reason anyone loses a game is because the opponent played better, NOT because you played badly yourself" In other words, credits to GM Hoffmann for playing better than Rebel Century. And to the Rebel team, I hope you guys take every single loss as a learning experience.Beeing realistic, Rebel will have to loose hundreds of games against GM's before it will be able to play CONSTANTLY at good GM level. Keep up the good work! Officially this game counts of course. A PC can break any time. A pity but >it is simply all in the game. A human can go to the bathroom and lose on >time, no win on my personal abacus then but the win officially will count. > >Anyway in 8 days Rebel can try again against Lithuania (1 x GM and 3 x IM). > >Ed Schroder
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