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Subject: Re: Blatantly Unfair to Deep J

Author: Charles Pittaluga

Date: 10:50:27 02/21/00

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On February 21, 2000 at 09:13:30, pavesyles wrote:

>On February 21, 2000 at 06:07:17, Vincent Diepeveen wrote:
>
>>On February 21, 2000 at 03:13:40, stuart taylor wrote:
>>
>>>On February 20, 2000 at 22:20:06, Vincent Diepeveen wrote:
>>>
>>>>On February 20, 2000 at 19:57:30, C McClain Morris wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>I don't think anyone can argue with the fact that it was preposterous for Deep J
>>>>>to be forfeited against Adams. If during the course of a basketball game, the
>>>>>lights go out (a crash of another kind), I have never seen the game forfeited
>>>>>due to a problem that was out of the control of either participant. What's
>>>>>really going on here? Anyone have any ideas?
>>>>>C Morris
>>>>
>>>>Nah, just the normal tournament practice which gets overruled if junior
>>>>would've been a GM.
>>>>
>>>>If you're too late for a contest, no matter whether the lights from your
>>>>car went off, or whether you ran out of petrol, or whether someone
>>>>crashed into you, you're forfeited.
>>>>
>>>>For some GM's they make exceptions though. That's the unfair part.
>>>>Not the forfeit of junior is unfair, but the fact that they had no problems
>>>>delaying kasparov-piket for a day....
>>>>
>>>>Very fair was however that piket won in a computerish way from kasparov,
>>>>just grabbing a pawn then defending the rest of the second game that pawn
>>>>till the endgame and win the game somewhere there. great show from piket.
>>>>
>>>>let's vote for renaming flyingpiket (handle of Jeroen Piket at icc) to
>>>>crushingpiket.
>>>>
>>>>Vincent
>>>
>>>It was not comfortable to try Adams patients any longer. Adams is a very highly
>>>respected international personality, whereas the computer program and its young
>>>programer in the background seemed much easier to dispense with.
>>> It was high stress for the organisers who were overwhelmed by Adams Aura.
>>>S.Taylor
>>
>>Nah Amir isn't exactly the youngest person on earth, i had the impression
>>he's 1.5 times my age at least? I'm 26 now.
>>
>>If it wasn't adams out there but any other GM, fill in that name.
>>
>>I'm amazed that in the last game Piket when winning from the big master
>>didn't suddenly drop his connection and unexpectedly forfeited....
>>
>>Vincent
>IF they are not  going to  run these tournaments correctly then who is going to
>care about the results>


Hmm the person that takes home the $20,000.00 for one?

 ;)



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