Author: Howard Exner
Date: 13:14:56 03/08/00
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On March 08, 2000 at 15:05:59, Timothy J. Frohlick wrote: >On March 08, 2000 at 14:56:48, Howard Exner wrote: > >>Jun Xie is also presently involved in another tournament in Shangai called the >>Sufe Cup, March 2 - 16. Leaves one to speculate how this will effect her energy >>level for the Junior match. Also re-scheduling of games becomes tight. > > >Dear Mr. Exner, > > That is no excuse. When I worked the emergency room and urgent care centers I >would routinely see five to six patients at a time. Do you think that Ms Xie >Jun is less capable of moving chess pieces on a board? You may be reading too much into my post. That she is playing concurrently may be of interest to those following this match, thus the reason for the post. >Appendicitis in room 1, >myocardial infarction in room 3, foreign body ingestion in room 6, laceration in >room 5 etc. etc. > >Let us not mollycoddle these grandmasters. They are tougher than you think. Again, I'm not making this assertion that GMs are not tough. Kasparov said he would play Deep Blue again only if there were different playing conditions, one of them being rest days between games. I consider him one of the toughest players with stamina to spare. >I do think that Xie Jun is going to get beaten badly by Deep Junior 6.x if the >match continue. I'm guessing 3.5-2.5 for Junior.
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