Author: James Robertson
Date: 07:44:53 03/23/00
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On March 23, 2000 at 07:40:18, José Antônio Fabiano Mendes wrote: >On March 23, 2000 at 06:54:33, Andrew Williams wrote: > >>On March 22, 2000 at 18:10:19, Rajen Gupta wrote: >> >>>It is very easy to taken in by Xie jungs open letter where she tries to curry >>>sympathy with the chess loving masses-and try to drum up opinion against >>>junior.however one snetence gives the game away-her refusal to play by >>>telephone-i dont see the diff between playing over the net (which after all is >>>nothing but a telephone line) and playing over a conventional phone-in either >>>case it would be very difficult to verify cheating unless an unbiased moderator >>>was physically present at each site. >>> >>>Her refusal to play by phone when the internet connections were down completely >>>exposes her thoroughly >>> >>>rajen >> >>First and foremost, if her contract stipulated playing via the internet, she >>would have every right to say that the internet should be the medium of the >>match. She could have a reasonable concern, for example, that clock issues >>would not be handled satisfactorily without an automatic interface. >> >>Furthermore, I don't think we're clear about the playing conditions at her >>end. Was she playing on the computer? Or did she have a board and pieces as >>well? If she was just using the computer, playing by phone would require her >>to relinquish the mouse between turns; not a big thing of course, but surely >>distracting. >> >>I would hate to think that the "pool" of world-class players who are willing >>to participate in this sort of event is diminishing because of incidents like >>this. >> >>Andrew >> >>PS I'm not unsympathetic to Amir and Shay here. This can't be much fun for >>them :-( > >Maybe KC should start sponsoring matches played by phone,it >would be more in line with their present technical capabilities. >It seems that nowadays every match ends in open letters,I will >not be surprised if a GM wins the Nobel Prize for Literature in >the near future. JAFM Every match? Every almost match too, if you count Feng Hsuing's and Owen William's letters. :) James
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