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Subject: Re: DJ - Smirin: what happened

Author: Jorge Pichard

Date: 06:49:13 04/26/02

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On April 26, 2002 at 09:30:58, Uri Blass wrote:

>On April 26, 2002 at 09:00:23, Mark Young wrote:
>
>>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.
>
>I do not agree.
>The fact that money is involved does not change the fact that it is just a game.
>
>I think that it is going to be fair to find if Junior can win that game when the
>opponent does not resign and if it can do it to consider the game as a win.
>
>If Junior cannot do it then it is fair to see it as a draw.
>
>It is possible to count also the next game for calculating the result of smirin
>and I see no problem with the fact that smirin gets 3 games against Junior
>instead of 2 games.
>
>Uri


Will this be an entire new game or will it be played from the end of the
previous opening moves of yesterday game.

Pichard.



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