Author: martin fierz
Date: 17:42:11 03/03/02
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On March 02, 2002 at 16:44:52, Andrew Smith wrote: >He offered the draw so that the kid wouldn't feel bad. He knew he could probably >win if he wanted to continue. or maybe he offered a draw because that's what the sponsors wanted him to do? as uri says, his comment "the position was equal, so i offered a draw", is pretty revealing. if you look at the position you see that it's true, but it's far from played out against a very much inferior opponent. in my opinion, he did this to keep the sponsors of this match happy. like: "world champion beats kid 4-0" - will this make headlines? no way. but "english kid sets world record and wins the einstein trophy", now, that will stand in the newspapers. aloha martin
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