Author: Normand M. Blais
Date: 21:39:45 02/08/03
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On February 08, 2003 at 23:45:42, Michael Cummings wrote: >On February 08, 2003 at 23:37:02, Robert Hyatt wrote: > >>On February 08, 2003 at 23:26:05, Michael Cummings wrote: >> >>>To clarify, if you saw two GM's or any players for that matter at the same >>>position as Kasparov and DJ were at. How many would have agree'd to a draw? >>> >>>I have been looking through my database of chess games for draws, and I have yet >>>been able to find one that agreed to a draw being 1 pawn and a queen each down. >>> >> >> >>I have seen GM draws at move 10, with maybe a pawn exchanged. The rules don't >>forbid it and if the higher-rated player only needs a draw to win the event, and >>the lower-rated player will finish higher with a draw than with a loss, then >>this >>is not that uncommon. Particularly near the end of events... > >Makes the whole thing a bit of a joke then. > >I am probably just upset that unless Kasparov lost, hearing about this match on >TV will never happen where I am. > >I am still unable to find any news of this match in the local paper or TV, >including international cable news networks about this match in Australia. > >I heard ESPN2 (we only get ESPN here in Aus) showed the game live, a big move to >do that, and also what a huge let down. Kasparov gets huge coverage, and this >game is what the world gets to see. > >I doubt whether you will see chess back on there for a while. > >And if games end after 10 moves or an exchange of pawns, then maybe it;s time >for FIDE or other ruling bodies to get the flick. > >No wonder chess is played around the world, and in only some countries treated >seriously, but for most part treated like shit. Our Australian government does >not even give 1 cent of funding to chess. As far as humans are concerned, it seems to me that chess is not a sport but an ego trip. Why would government be involved in something that has no benefit to the society? NMB
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