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Subject: Re: Pathetic Draw, Hold the prize money

Author: Graham Laight

Date: 18:31:48 02/07/03

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On February 07, 2003 at 20:11:46, eric guttenberg wrote:

>I have a problem blaming the Junior team for accepting the draw offer;

1. Mr Kasparov made a clearly inappropriate draw offer

2. Later, the DJ team didn't ACCEPT a draw offer, they MADE one of their own

They didn't have to do that. They could have, and should have, played on.

How would you feel if the doctor declared one of your friends dead if they were
still breathing and talking?  You'd be shocked and dismayed. And you'd never
forgive that doctor. And rightfully so.

-g

>I think DJ had the worse position. Probably DJ had no winning chances
>anyway. Why not take the draw offer?
>
>eric



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