Author: odell hall
Date: 09:32:12 07/23/01
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On July 23, 2001 at 10:32:49, Robert Hyatt wrote: >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... Your arguments are so Weak they are Ludicrous, if One Person is Stronger than another, they don't need any incentive at all to Win a Match. Human Pride is enough Motivation, especially for some one like Huebner who dispises Computers.
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