Author: Gian-Carlo Pascutto
Date: 10:54:31 07/15/02
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On July 15, 2002 at 13:37:23, Russell Reagan wrote: >The bottom line is that until someone who knows _FOR SURE_ speaks on this, >neither you or I or anyone else's opinion means anything. What is wrong with Mig >saying, "This is what I think..."? Why do you find the need to take exception >with everything he says just because IF he is right it would mean that >someone's >games against Quest weren't as meaningful? a) We know (from Frans) that he plays with the best he has. b) I don't take offense to everything he says, I pointed out very specifically with what I disagree. >I don't see the logic in that >thinking. That's like Amir Ban feeling insulted because he has to play Sjeng >just because he happens to think it's no match for Junior (I have no idea what >Amir thinks about Sjeng, it's just an example, don't get all bent out of shape >about it). >Why would you feel insulted because you played (maybe!) a weaker >version of Fritz? I would not feel anything about this. I would feel insulted if I would play, win, and then, _afterwards_ get people saying 'oh but it was not the real fritz but a weaker version'. >I guess some people just like to >take offense with anything that anyone says and take the negative view of >things. Please, I do not take offense to everything Mig says. You are severly misrepresenting the truth. >In short, I think you're acting like a child. You seem to be throwing a fit >about something that you don't know to be true or false. >You sound like a whining GM who is demanding his opponent move his king into a mate in 1 because >his opponent sneezed and accidentally touched his king. That isn't the intention >of the "touch rule" in chess, and you seem to be complaining about something >equally ridiculous, especially considering the fact that you don't know whether >Quest was the "best Fritz" or not. Your problem is that I do know, because I asked, and listened. -- GCP
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