Author: Robert Hyatt
Date: 07:32:49 07/23/01
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On July 22, 2001 at 10:43:00, Terry McCracken wrote: >On July 22, 2001 at 09:46:41, John Wentworth wrote: > >>On July 22, 2001 at 08:52:05, Drazen Marovic wrote: >> >>>On July 22, 2001 at 06:39:59, José de Jesús García Ruvalcaba wrote: >>> >>>>The sixth game ended in a draw after nine moves. So six games, six draws. It >>>>seems that at the end GM Hübner only wanted to collect his paycheck. >>>>José. >>> >>> Possibly, but i expect if black offered to play the ruy again he would have >>>played for a win. Since the caro was played and he didn't have more info on how >>>fritz played the caro from previous games, it wasn't worth the risk to play on >>>when "a bird in hand is better than two in the bush" an even result is not >>>losing . In professional chess it is professional to do what is most reasonable >>>he doesn't have to prove anything else. >> >>Like a little kid who is afraid to duke it out with the bully. Instead stay in >>with the books and study. > >Ahem....Show a little respect for Dr. Hubner! > >Terry What were the match conditions? IE what did Hubner stand to win if he (a) won the match outright? (b) drew the match (as he did) (c) lost the match outright? It is possible that going for (b) made the most sense. Risked the least. Required the least "effort". etc...
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