Author: Robert Hyatt
Date: 21:09:44 05/16/00
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On May 16, 2000 at 22:51:09, Hans Gerber wrote: >Please let me have some sleep. As I see you question the interpretation of that >rule. But for me this is only one part of the problem. Especially Franz di Tolla >gave us some other rules. And after these rules Tiviakov had a draw already in >his hands if and when he wanted. But it was clear that he wanted a win. >Therefore he continued. In that situation a draw offer came totally disturbing >him. You might guess what he must have thought. Anyway he blundered and then >accepted a draw. The most interesting news was that he could never have lost on >time. He still could have claimed a draw 2 seconds before the flag fell. I have >no interest in making you looking bad. So let's wait until these special rules >are better known. My question in the other thread was "if you knew that Tiviakov >couldn't lose on time, meaning that he had always a draw at hand, would you then >reconsider the case?". That is still the question. But personally I can't give >you more details at the moment. Please let's wait. > >Why is it a moot question if it was Kasparov who started to make public >accusations or if it was not Kasparov. Excuse me if I insist. If the DB side >started that psychowar would you still be so angry at Kasparov? I don't >understand you. > >But now I'm running out of time. Zeitnot. :) So the DB team accused themselves of cheating, in public? How do you figure that? Kasparov made the claim. In public. Exactly as I said. Exactly as documented by hundreds of newspapers around the world.
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