Author: Slater Wold
Date: 11:29:21 04/22/02
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On April 22, 2002 at 13:13:10, Otello Gnaramori wrote: >On April 22, 2002 at 10:04:47, Slater Wold wrote: > >>If Smirin wins, he gets a lot of money. If he draws, he gets a lot of money. >>If he loses, he gets some money. >> >>He's going to get the easy wins, and draw every other game. Not because he >>can't win, but because he cannot afford to lose. You have to take risks to win >>against a computer, and those risks probably aren't worth $5k, or something to >>that effect. > >Sorry to disagree, but Smir didn't play drawish at all against comps, he was >clearly trying to win! Gulko on the other hand played some games targeting the >draw. You never have to apologize to me for having a different opinion. I won't call you names. ;) I thought in the Tiger game, he was playing very drawish. The other games, he was clearly trying to win. But even in the Junior game, he had a chance to win, but took the draw route out of fear. >In that sense I admire the braveness and sportsmanship of GM Smirin. >Some good people keeps in account his/her image before the money gain...and I >think this is Ilya's case. Anyone who follows Gulko's performance, I admire. These are not easy games. And your name is on the line.
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