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Subject: Re: May I Troll for a Second?

Author: Tina Long

Date: 21:24:31 03/30/02

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On March 31, 2002 at 00:04:10, Jerry Doby wrote:

>How do we know that these side matches between humans and computers are honest?
>If a match is not official with a company of repute will we add these matces to
>chris carsons list? Does the body of CCC accept such matches? I say that I am a
>troll to keep someoneelse from saying it, since everything i say is labeled a
>troll, I thought i might save someone the trouble.

I have the utmost respect for Grandmasters.  They have immense talent & they
work very very hard to achieve the best Rating & Championships that they can.
Most of the top Grandmasters Eat & Sleep Chess, 24/7.

Thus the concept of these people Throwing Matches is quite foreign to me.  Their
own self esteem would stop them from such public humiliation.  Their whole
Career rests on winning chess games to get invitations to bigger & better chess
tournaments.

Only a real loser, who believed his career was ending & beyond redemption, would
throw games to a computer for money.  I believe every Chess Grandmaster does Not
see themselves in that way.

I think if you respect these people you believe in their honesty, and if you
don't respect them then you doubt their results, which tarnishes all match and
tournament results, from Chris's list all the way up to the current World
Champions.

I may be nieve to have such faith in Chess Grandmasters, but it is a much more
pleasant life than to be constantly doubting the integrity of game match &
tournament results.

Tina Long





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