Author: Robert Hyatt
Date: 11:04:43 02/20/02
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On February 20, 2002 at 13:56:37, Terry McCracken wrote: >On February 20, 2002 at 13:33:52, Robert Hyatt wrote: > >>On February 20, 2002 at 12:54:49, ALI MIRAFZALI wrote: >> >>>On February 20, 2002 at 12:23:45, Graham Laight wrote: >>> >>>>On February 20, 2002 at 12:07:45, Robert Hyatt wrote: >>>> >>>>>What is "terrible and tragic" here? Is the hyperbole already out of >>>>>control? >>>>> >>>>>:) >>>> >>>>Being English, I do not overstate lightly. >>>> >>>>"Terrible" refers to the apparent ease with which LVW was able to progress after >>>>move 16 (granted I could not have done it myself). No fight - just gentle >>>>capitulation. >>>> >>>>"Tragic" refers to the fact that, after yesterday, Ed was in a position to >>>>become the first programmer to beat a super GM with a single processor due to >>>>having a program with excellent positional play. This afternoon, this dream lies >>>>in tatters - with only the prospect of further humiliation from LVW to come. >>>> >>>>Credit where credit's due though - it was valiantly brave of Ed to have a go at >>>>this. >>>> >>>>-g >>>> >>>>[D]4b3/8/4p1k1/1pKpPpP1/1Pp2P2/2P1P3/4B3/8 b - - 0 48 >>>It is not over yet.I still believe Van Wely will lose. >> >> >>This game? Black is hopelessly lost even against a 1500 player... > > >I think he means the Match Bob....but you know that right;-) > >Well ALI .....Opps....it's not over, but you really have no respect for >SuperGrandMasters! > >Terry I assumed he meant the game, because there was a diagram at the end. If I was wrong... I was just wrong. :) And lots of folks here have no respect for the super-GM players. For reasons that are totally lost on me.
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