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Subject: Re: From Chessbase.com/Mig

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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