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Subject: Re: since when

Author: Robert Hyatt

Date: 18:23:06 07/13/00

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On July 13, 2000 at 15:56:02, ujecrh wrote:

>On July 13, 2000 at 15:18:53, blass uri wrote:
>
>>On July 13, 2000 at 15:06:51, Wayne Lowrance wrote:
>>
>>>Since when is it not considered not proper and winning chess to play
>>>conservative, positional chess waiting for a mistake ?
>>
>>Who said that it is wrong?
>>
>> Deep jr's records is
>>>terrific in my view.
>>
>>I agree and maybe it could be even better if it did not agree to a draw in the
>>last game too early.
>
>You may be right but, on the other hand, the operator can hardly continue a game
>until near 50 moves against a GM without anything happening on the chessboard.
>It would probably immediately be considered as a bad behaviour against a GM.
>
>We have many examples in the past where the computer side has been critized for
>less reasonable reasons.
>
>>
>>Uri


Computers will be criticized no matter what.  Frans was criticized for offering
a draw when the opponent was likely going to lose on time.  You just can't win,
no matter what you do, when it involves a computer.  :)



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