Author: Enrique Irazoqui
Date: 10:02:22 05/08/00
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On May 08, 2000 at 12:54:57, Albert Silver wrote: >On May 08, 2000 at 12:35:35, Enrique Irazoqui wrote: > >>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. >> >>If it is true, as it clearly seems, that the participation of a chess program in >>the Dutch national championship has been a political decision adopted by the >>federation against the will of chess players, Bosboom and others had two options >>left: not participating or boycotting from the inside. >> >>I personally find quite maddening the attitude of some chess players refusing to >>play computers in important events, but I also understand a protest against a >>political decision against the will of chess players. >> >>Tough, unpleasant situation. >> >>Enrique > >Yes, and I also think it is wrong to have a program playing for the title in the >national championship. I can't even begin to understand what Fritz is doing in >the Dutch national championships. I absolutely want to see programs pitted >against top players and see how they fare in tournament conditions, but I tend >to see a national championship a little differently. This is an event to decide >who is the champion of the country (and all this represents) for a given period >of time. Where does Fritz enter this picture? In the same place as Tiviakov? He is not Dutch and he plays in the Dutch national championship. Again, this is personal, but I don't see a problem with Fritz participating in the Spanish championship. Fritz is as much of a Spaniard as Shirov. I mean that I don't see any of this as a matter of national or human pride. Enrique > Albert Silver > > >> >>> 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
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