Author: Alberto Rezza
Date: 01:51:52 05/04/00
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On May 03, 2000 at 21:52:02, Robert Hyatt wrote: >totally sane? In sports, my opponent may be totally insane. He may also be a complete asshole. He may be my personal enemy. We may have 101 law-suits going on. And I'm free to despise him as much as I like. But (unless he does something so bad as to actually get himself disqualified) if I refuse to play him, I lose and he wins. Unfortunalely in chess one can all too often choose one's opponent. It's enough to look at the history (old and recent) of the human world championsip. Conclusion: chess is very far from being a true sport. Anyway, DB quit playing just like Fisher did. There are still some who say that Fisher is the real world champion... :)
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