Author: Matthew White
Date: 18:44:41 07/30/03
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On July 30, 2003 at 20:56:44, steven blincoe wrote: >this is what we now call class??????? > > > I replied 2084 and he, not looking very happy, asked why I >>didn't write it down in front of the board next to my name. .. > He then stated that if he had known I was rated >>that highly he would have played differently rather than getting into a very >>theoretical line. Being aware of the 2000 cutoff I again appologized for the >>misunderstanding and we quickly realized that the Belzberg staff had erred in >>not telling people to write down their ratings (these were different people than >>from the NYC event). I simply stated "I'm sorry for the confusion, I won't play >>" and started to get up and Garry, reiterating that he'd have played differently >>vs a rated expert, started resetting the pieces to the starting position and >>said we can restart. > >the man is rated 800 points higher even if it is a simul >so he offers to reset the game from the beginning? >play the game!! >fight the good fight!! >he would have played the opening differently if the opponent was rated 90 points >lower??? > >i can just see Fischer or Alekhine doing this >they would have hunkered down and played the game out till the end! >my god.. > >this is an absolute disgrace let alone classy.. > >i guess we are at the point with Kasaprov, if he dosent act like a spoiled child >waving his fists in the air and jumping up an down we will call it classy? >where is this mans sporting spirit??? >so what if he did lose one game(and chances are he would have won anyway.i am >sure his endgame technique would have brutalized the player)? >my god this is lame >pffft > >absolute disgrace in my opinion > >Shameful Regards >Steve I had the same immediate thought... I thought the story was going to continue "And Garry let me continue playing in the position..." He only made an issue of the rating because the author was doing well! That's just silly. Matt
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