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Subject: Re: Fritz - vd Sterren

Author: Mogens Larsen

Date: 06:33:18 05/18/00

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On May 18, 2000 at 09:10:06, James T. Walker wrote:

>It's a shame these people refuse to play the computer.  I can only hope that the
>eventual winner will be someone who had guts enough to face Fritz win or lose.
>I don't believe Fritz should be in the tournament but since it is there it
>should be played as just another opponent.  In my opinion, anyone who does not
>play it is gutless and not deserving of a national championship anyway.  This is
>not a Swiss event so everyone is required to face the computer.  It is simply an
>extra round of chess to play.  If you can not handle this you should not be
>there.  This "Protest" rings hollow to me.  A real "Protest" would have been to
>refuse to play at all.
>Jim Walker

So any Dutch player, assuming he is strong enough, should not be allowed to play
in a Dutch Championship if he refuses to play against a computer program? That
doesn't sound reasonable to me, especially since van der Sterren made his
protest heard quite early in the process.

Sincerely,
Mogens



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