Author: Bruce Moreland
Date: 10:15:32 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... Some people hate technology including computers, and their dislike for computers and for computer chess has nothing to do with the strength of the computers. Some people do not like computers intruding upon their lives in any form. It is possible that Bosboom was afraid to lose to the computer, but it is also possible that he is someone who does not want to be forced into intimate contact with them, and this should be respected if possible. His position is somewhat eroded because he allowed the clocks to be started, and shamed himself by playing below his abilities, but that's another issue. bruce
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