Author: Robert Hyatt
Date: 20:33:03 05/09/00
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On May 09, 2000 at 05:08:34, Djordje Vidanovic wrote: >On May 08, 2000 at 22:41:25, Albert Silver wrote: > >>On May 08, 2000 at 16:47:05, Djordje Vidanovic wrote: >> >>>On May 08, 2000 at 12:15:13, Wybe Koopmans wrote: >>> >>>>>I believe Van der Doel will do the same. First some moves, asking for a draw and >>>>resign. Van der Sterren doesn't play. This is the end of our National Ch.. >>>> >>>>Wybe >>> >>>Fine, but please answer this simple question. Why hadn't Van der Doel done the >>>same thing that v.d. Sterren did: refuse to play Fritz before the Champs? Is >>>it because: >>> >>>a. he wants to have a go at the large prize fund; >>>b. he wants to show that he is against computers taking part in the National >>>Championship; >>>c. he wants to hurt some people, most notably the completely innocent Fritz >>>author and his team. >>> >>>If a) he is hypocritical; if b) he should have stated his opinion at the time >>>v.d. Sterren did -- with more efficiency, probably preventing Fritz from >>>starting playing; if c) his moral and human standards are questionable. >>> >>>*** Djordje >> >>or.... >> >>d. He is against playing a computer in the national championship but refuses to >>sacrifice the honor of playing in and possibly winning his country's national >>championship. Instead he will play in it but simply not play the program. >> >>I think c) is very paranoiac. Do you really think he is out to hurt Morsch and >>his team? I think it has nothing whatsoever to do with him. >> >> Albert Silver > >Albert, your point d) which I appreciate is probably covered by my b). I mean I >can understand people who do not want to play computers. If they feel that way >let them state that clearly beforehand. > >*** Djordje A wise man can figure out that this isn't about a, b, c, or d. It is (e) He didn't believe that the computer belonged in the event; he didn't believe that the organizers should have forced everyone to compete with the computer; he didn't believe that the rule about reduced prize fund for those that refuse to play, vs those that play and possibly lose, is fair. He found a way to (a) protest strongly against the policies; (b) still be able to win from the big prize fund; (c) make a point. I think this was backlash against the federation only. _not_ anything to do directly with Frans. Or maybe backlash vs the federation and chessbase. Since they were tied together here.
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