Author: Chessfun
Date: 11:50:18 03/21/00
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On March 21, 2000 at 14:36:27, Tom Kerrigan wrote: >On March 21, 2000 at 09:06:50, Chessfun wrote: > >>On March 21, 2000 at 04:40:40, Tom Kerrigan wrote: >> >>>It is not clear to me why Xie Jun did not agree to play via telephone. >>> >>>She says it was to avoid the possibility of cheating on DJ's side. >>> >> >>What she in fact wrote is: >>"It is also obvious that I could not agree to play by telephone: >>the contract stated very clearly that "all games will be played through the >>Internet". >>Thanks. > >And look at the sentence _immediately_ after that: > >"Moreover, if I do not see the moves on the screen, how could I tell whom I am >playing? It might well be another grandmaster." > >I'm not a complete idiot. Maybe not. Maybe that's why you choose to distort the facts by not placing the first sentence in front of the one you posted. >And if she refused to play over the phone because her contract said >Internet-only, then IMO, she was TRYING to sabotage the match. Really, what's Agreed IYO. And in my opinion that is rubbish. >the difference to her? Wasn't somebody making moves on a real board for her? >Towards the end of her letter, she talks about people being flexible when things >start going wrong, but it seems like she was being blatantly inflexible about >even the smallest details. Again IYO. And in my opinion to have even started the match showed great flexability on her part when she could easily have refused. But I tend to normally hold my opinion till I hear from all the main players and we have not heard what either Amir or Shay say. Thanks. >-Tom
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