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Subject: Re: Still Missing the Point [even more so now]

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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