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Subject: Re: Congrats to Christophe Theron with several "If" and a Guess.

Author: Bas Hamstra

Date: 18:21:28 05/20/01

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On May 20, 2001 at 21:04:04, Fernando Villegas wrote:

>Of course Fritz and his father deserve a salute, but if we think that Gambit
>could have been the winner and it was not for the most microscopic margin; if
>then we think the altoguether differents conditions of work for Christophe,
>isolated in a far island where the best human player probably is not much better
>than me and where, althoug a nice place to live, you are far away of anything;
>if then you think that this man only recently is being supported by a company;
>if then you add that Gambit has not been in SSDF or in any other place for years
>after years but it is just a newcomer, then the conclusion is this: now that
>Gambit and his creator are inside the league, fully connected, fully in contatc
>with his colleagues, then I predict that Gambit has a far greater scope to grow
>and surely will do. Though respecting the genius of Frans, I dare to gues that
>in one or two years it will be Gambit the usual winner, the usual BIG Name, the
>thing to have and to play.
>Just an opinion from a fan. And yes, very humble.
>fernando

Nah. Christophe is no newcomer at all, he is a vereran like Frans. Both have
tried everything in the universe for over 15 years. One is mr. Prune and the
other mr. Efficiency. Both have reached the limits of what is possible. Talking
about potential, I say Imsomniac. When I heard he did so good considering his
age, I pictured an 80 year old guy, but today I learned he is 18 :-)

Bas.










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