Author: Mogens Larsen
Date: 10:19:53 05/08/00
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On May 08, 2000 at 12:06:03, Djordje Vidanovic wrote: >On May 08, 2000 at 11:06:08, Mogens Larsen wrote: > >>On May 08, 2000 at 08:07:39, Jouni Uski wrote: >> >>>1. d4 c6 2. c4 d6 3. Nf3 Bg4 4. Nc3 1-0 (1:59/1:30) > >Mogens, > >I do appreciate what you have to say, but would like to question your comment >any way. I think that what Bosboom did was not well done because he could have >spared Frans Morsch the anguish by simply refusing to play Fritz beforehand. >This way, by playing a couple of moves, he did adhere to the rules and stood by >the book, but was actually not completely above-board. Had I been in his shoes >I would have stated in advance my feelings about playing Fritz. > >*** Djordje Hey Djordje, The reason why I felt it was the right thing to do, is purely financial. Since the organizers insisted that anyone who wouldn't play Fritz, would have their prize money reduced, the decision was correct. There's always the question of moral legitimacy, but that was suspended by the Dutch Chess Federation before the event started. Sincerely, Mogens
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