Author: Robert Hyatt
Date: 06:11:48 05/18/00
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On May 17, 2000 at 23:50:26, Adrien Regimbald wrote: >Hello, > >>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. > > >Oddly enough, you seemed to be sure enough before that we couldn't be certain >whether Tiviakov was playing for a win, but you seem to have changed your mind >again? :P > > >Regards, >Adrien. I'm not sure of _anything_ here. Everyone seems to be saying he was playing for a win. _I_ believe he was. I have _always_ believed he was. Why? Because if he wasn't, he would have accepted the draw offer, said "thank you" and signed the score sheet and left politely. Is that hard to follow? By rejecting the draw offer initially, he said (to me) "I am playing for a win." Only an idiot would be trying to draw and then reject a draw offer. (PS I do assume he wasn't playing for a _loss_).
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