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Subject: Re: What is the sence in giving tournament reports..

Author: Tina Long

Date: 03:11:30 12/11/01

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On December 10, 2001 at 16:54:14, Bertil Eklund wrote:

>On December 10, 2001 at 14:21:39, Marc van Hal wrote:
>
>>What is the sence in giving tournament reports (I am responding on Sarahs post
>>on the chessbase website.)
>>if you can't show the games
>>This looks like hocus pocus to me.
>>You can write any desired result if you want but it is very vague without the
>>games.
>>I am not intending to say that this is the case here just a remark.
>>
>>       Regards Marc van Hal
>
>Hi!
>
>First of all: All the games are on her side.
>Second IMO she has an excellent reputation of being unpartial, fair and
>professional when she sets up her matches and writes her tournament reports.
>She has an excellent knowledge of both the computers and the programs.
>She is also very helpful in answering questions about the programs both here and
>private.
>
>Bertil

I agree entirely with Bertil, who incidently is also well known for His
integrity.

Sarah is an excellent asset to the Computer Chess World.
I would hate to see unfounded critisism drive her away from providing the
excellent data, information and help that she is so renowned for.

The actual games in blitz tournaments mean little (when moves are made in a very
few seconds) and certainly arn't worthy of analysis except possibly to see if
"learning" has played any part in the result.  If there is doubt about the
legitimacy of results, then publishing the games could also be a "slight of
hand" (trick).

The results of Sarah's tournaments are extremely interesting, and I was happy to
see the votes of support she got from others in this thread.

Tina Long



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