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Subject: Re: Thorsten is right about SSDF favoring Chessbase!!!!!!

Author: Enrique Irazoqui

Date: 10:03:14 02/13/01

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On February 13, 2001 at 12:44:31, Djordje Vidanovic wrote:

>Hello Albert,
>
>would you care to explain fully what you put in rather cryptic and unclear
>terms: "ChessBase forced him."

Djordje,

Albert's answer is sarcastic. I understand your confusion, because genuine
stupidity may also sound like a sarcasm, but Albert is bright.

Enrique

>Is it:
>
>a. ChessBase were exerting so much influence on the SSDF that Hans Ch. Lykke was
>forced to stop the match after the initial bad results of the CB program;
>
>b. ChessBase hired thugs who _forced_ him to stop the match;
>
>c. ChessBase have been promoting such devious and unethical politics that Hans
>Ch. Lykke was somehow "forced" to stop the match?
>
>or
>
>d. something else that did not occur to me?
>
>I am asking this, among other things, in the light of the fact that the match
>was never actually stopped as evidenced by Mogens's post little below.
>
>Since your message leaves a lot to be explained, please enlighten both me and
>the Forum as to the true content of what you had in mind, otherwise there might
>be too much improper and unasked for speculation.
>
>Regards,
>
>Djordje
>
>
>
>On February 13, 2001 at 12:26:23, Albert Silver wrote:
>
>>On February 13, 2001 at 11:43:03, Enrique Irazoqui wrote:
>>
>>>On February 13, 2001 at 11:14:02, Hans Christian Lykke wrote:
>>>
>>>>On February 13, 2001 at 10:25:23, Paul Doire wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>On February 13, 2001 at 10:03:50, Hans Christian Lykke wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>>On February 13, 2001 at 09:59:24, Paul Doire wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>Just look how many matches were stopped when a chessbase product was losing.
>>>>>>>I had the utmost respect for the SSDF up until now, and I thought all
>>>>>>>accusations were unfounded, but the proof is indisputable now...just look at
>>>>>>>this page in CCC.
>>>>>>>                     S=swedes
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>                     S=stop
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>              all    D=defeats
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>              of     F=Fritz...products
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>I was so much looking forward to SSDF testing CM8000 and the new Tigers,
>>>>>>>but my days of naivety have now come to an end.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>Disappointed,
>>>>>>>Paul
>>>>>>
>>>>>>Please name one single match that were stopped when a chessbase
>>>>>>product was losing.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>I have not heard of one.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>Venlig hilsen
>>>>>>
>>>>>>Hans Christian Lykke (SSDF)
>>>>>
>>>>>This page would indicate that Nimzo vs Shredder has halted, or is not being
>>>>>posted with the frequency of chessbase product victories.
>>>>>The last page had Deep Fritz vs Crafty and a posting was made after almost every
>>>>>game!
>>>>>When chessbase products are losing I guess it's a big secret that SSDF would
>>>>>rather not post here. I think that's a bit unfair....don't you?
>>>>>
>>>>>Paul
>>>>
>>>>Maybe it´s ME who is stupid,
>>>
>>>No, wrong. But sometimes I wonder why you bother answering to such nonsense.
>>>
>>>Enrique
>>
>>Chessbase forced him.
>>
>>                A.S.
>>
>>>
>>>> but I just don´t understand a clue of what you are
>>>>meaning.



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