Author: blass uri
Date: 20:08:00 05/17/00
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On May 17, 2000 at 20:29:54, Robert Hyatt wrote: >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. I guess that the fact that he could guess that frans is going to accept the draw was a good reason for him to try to win because he knew that if he see that he cannot do it he can offer a draw. Uri
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