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Subject: Re: There goes the surprise ... / SOUR GRAPES

Author: James Stacey

Date: 12:12:30 12/03/01

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On December 03, 2001 at 13:16:18, Roy Eassa wrote:

>On December 02, 2001 at 06:42:28, James Stacey wrote:
>
>>On December 02, 2001 at 00:13:46, Sally Weltrop wrote:
>>
>>>On December 01, 2001 at 18:09:25, James Stacey wrote:
>>>
>>>>On December 01, 2001 at 15:47:02, Roy Eassa wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>On December 01, 2001 at 07:47:24, James Stacey wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>>If you don't mind me saying, your post looks a bit like sour grapes. Why can't
>>>>>>you just admit that Gambit Tiger is no stronger than Gandalf. Instead of trying
>>>>>>to find excuses, why don't you give some credit to Gandalf. I am sure that many
>>>>>>hours of time have gone into the programming and testing of Gandalf also.
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>How do you account for the fact that Tiger has come out significantly ahead of
>>>>>Gandalf in about 95% of the dozens of tournaments run in the past 1/2 year?
>>>>>There is a lot of evidence that Tiger is stronger.
>>>>
>>>>Please post this so called evidence along with setups and the tablebases used.
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>Do you consider it IMPOSSIBLE that Christophe may be correct that Tiger was
>>>>>unfairly crippled in this match?
>>>>
>>>>Lots of improbable things are not impossible.
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>When Bobby Fischer complained in the '60s that Soviet grandmasters were
>>>>>discussing each others' ongoing games in detail (in Russian) at tournaments, he
>>>>>was not taken seriously.
>>>>
>>>>Do you take Fischers' current complaints about America seriously?
>>>>
>>>>  During the '80s & '90s, several Soviet & former Soviet
>>>>>GMs, admitted that Fischer had been correct.  (If I recall correctly, Bronstein
>>>>>and Korchnoi were among those.  And wasn't Keres the first?)
>>>>
>>>>Are you saying that the SSDF are involved in some sort of absurd communist plot
>>>>to stop Gambit Tiger from winning?
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>Not all claims of unfairness are sour grapes.  Some happen to be objectively
>>>>>accurate.
>>>>
>>>>There is no such thing as objectivety.
>>>
>>>In all fairness James you didn't listen to one word that Roy said to you. You
>>>are merging circumstances together. Basically he's saying just because someone
>>>laments about something and complains doesn't mean that their claims are
>>>invalid, sometimes they have a point which I think Chris does have here in my
>>>opinion. Roy was just givng you an illustration of someone crying "sour grapes"
>>>NOT because they were fighting an uphill battle but because they had some valid
>>>points and these points years later were well founded in truth.
>>>>
>>>>Best Regards
>>>>
>>>>James Stacey
>>
>>I see that arguing with Roy is like arguing with you.
>>
>>Fortunately I am unable to listen to what Roy says. I think you are getting your
>>circumstances mixed up here. Unfortunately, however, I was able to read his
>>post. I concluded that from start to finish his post was, like your post,
>>complete nonsense.
>>
>>It is easy to see how you and Roy get on so well together.
>>
>>Best Regards
>>
>>James Stacey
>
>
>
>Sally, some people simply do not understand analogies, and some must resort to
>personal insults when they do not have a logical argument.

I am glad you admit that you do this.

Regards

James Stacey

  It's always been
>that way and, sadly, will always be so.



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