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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