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Subject: Okay, I take it back

Author: Ricardo Gibert

Date: 09:00:07 05/18/00

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>>>>van der Sterren is protesting the participation of Fritz, but lets see if he
>>>>refuses the added prize money Fritz is responsible for!
>>>
>>>He already did. The terms are that unless he plays a move as Bosboom did, he
>>>doesn't get any.
>>>
>>Well that _does_ put some "teeth" into his protest, but I still disagree with
>>it. Not playing a round is improper in a round robin. If he wasn't prepared to
>>play Fritz, he shouldn't have played in the tourney at all.
>
>I suspect that he doesn't believe it is he who should not be playing in this
>national championship.
>

You "suspect"? That is certainly understating it, but thinking it over, I now
don't see how Sterren's not playing the round really hurts the other
participants, since he falls back and Fritz is not eligible for prize money. So
his not playing is not so "improper" perhaps.

I would have preferred to see the game.

>                                     Albert Silver



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