Author: vitor
Date: 15:15:54 02/19/00
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> >"Let's stick it to the machine." is another way of saying "We don't mess up a >lot of people's schedules." Unfairly forfeiting Junior was not done out of (correction)"We don't want to mess up a lot of people's schedules." >disrespect to the programmers but because of understanding of the players' >situations. Amir can choose to take it personally but he would be guilty of the >same insensitivity. There was no right answer, only the "less worse" of two >evils. No one is implying that Junior lost the chess game or that the work of >Amir is an inferior chess player. > >Here's more reality: GM vs GM is interesting, GM vs C is interesting, C vs C is >not. sorry, that was poorly put and a useless point. only meant to say the general popularity of human events(i.e. linares) outweighs computer events(i.e. wccc). of course, i personally like C/C games, along with most lot of people here. >The common denominator is the GM. >We can only set up as many GM/C games as >the GM is willing to play because the program is of infinite supply. So rather >than annoying a bunch of GMs and jeopardizing future possibilities of GM/C >tournaments, CK decided to forfeit one game.
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