Author: Robert Hyatt
Date: 17:29:54 05/17/00
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On May 17, 2000 at 16:44:03, blass uri wrote: >On May 17, 2000 at 16:00:11, Robert Hyatt wrote: ><snipped> >>Maybe because _then_ he knew that Frans was likely to accept, since he had >>_already_ offered a draw to him? That is the point. Frans made it known that >>"Hey, I am willing to draw this rather than flag you, if you want." Prior to >>that offer, the GM had no idea what Frans/Fritz were thinking. After the >>offer, he did... > >He could know that Frans was likely to accept before frans offered a draw >because frans offered a draw in the first round in an equal position when the >opponent was in time trouble. > >Uri Perhaps. Perhaps not. With a couple of minutes left, I doubt that he was trying to remember how earlier games were handled by Frans... I suspect he was more interested in trying to (a) win and (b) avoid losing on time in the process.
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