Author: Mike Castañuela
Date: 10:02:07 05/08/00
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On May 08, 2000 at 12:10:35, Fernando Villegas wrote: >Hi all: >I just posted an answer to Enrique about the real reason behind these >medodramatic gestures of resignation after a couple of moves, and do it here >again because I am more and more convinced that what we have here is the >beginning of an opera of political correctness, that, as so many times, will >hide other, less glamorous motives. The real motives are panic to lose to the >machine. On the contrary, Jeroen played because probably he felt he had good >chances to win, as a matter of course, being a great player as he is. But this >Boombom, to whom he has won? Which are the credentials of the guy? Surely there >are not books about his best games. In short, he is just one more IM in the pack >but now he got publicity and a sense of arrogant satisfaction just not playing, >avoiding to lose and even more, getting an aura of heroe in some quarters. Great >shot with almost no cost. Shame... One more show of low motives and despicable >human arrogance gettying cover under the cloths of great gesture. Boooo... >Fernando Fernando, I agree with your opinion. What? too much fear? the best manner to express (IMHO) courage by part of players not convinced by the entrance of Fritz, should be punishing it over the board. Too much sensibility, too much crying (lloriqueo). Another boooo Miguel.
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