Author: Jeroen Noomen
Date: 08:09:22 05/16/00
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On May 16, 2000 at 07:34:15, Frederic Friedel wrote: Frederic, I completely agree. What would have happened if Frans would play on and win on time? I bet that hell would break loose then.... Sergei should keep his frustration inside his hotelroom, blame himself for not winning the game and apologize for his behaviour. I admire Frans for offering a draw, it was a very nice gesture from him. Regards, Jeroen >Tiviakov was down to two minutes, and it was clear that he would not be able to >win (promote a pawn, trade down to an elementary win) within that time. Fritz >had more than half an hour and could have easily run Tiviakov down to zero. >Frans Morsch offered the draw for one sole purpose: to say "GM Tiviakov, I do >not wish to win this game on time". There is no other legal way of saying this >during the game.
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