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Subject: Re: DJ - Smirin: what happened

Author: Mark Young

Date: 06:00:23 04/26/02

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On April 25, 2002 at 21:35:41, Amir Ban wrote:

>On April 25, 2002 at 21:26:59, Michael Vox wrote:
>
>>On April 25, 2002 at 21:14:14, Amir Ban wrote:
>>
>>Hello Amir,
>>
>>Thank you for posting this message.
>>
>>What items would you like to see changed in future computer events to stop these
>>problems and others from happening ?
>
>I don't know. I guess this would not have happened if the game were played in
>the old-fashioned way on a wooden board with a wood & metal clock. When
>everything is wired and automatic, everything has to work perfectly, or else ...
>
>I'm not complaining, Smirin is not complaining, I hope the viewers are not
>complaining. It's just a game.
>
>Amir

It is more then a game. This is a money match, and a rare GM Vs Computer match.
By giving a player a chance to achieve a full point, when at best he could only
hope for ½ point makes the decision to null the game a very bad one. The
position was lost for GM Smirin. The most likely outcome was a win for Junior.
GM Smirin had no chance to gain a Full point. Accept by the decision to null the
game. IMO The match is now tainted.



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