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Subject: Re: Unfortunately one of those games was mine.

Author: Slater Wold

Date: 09:13:17 07/31/03

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On July 31, 2003 at 11:41:37, David H. McClain wrote:

>On July 31, 2003 at 03:11:04, Günther Simon wrote:
>
>>On July 30, 2003 at 18:58:55, Slater Wold wrote:
>>
>>I see no pattern except it seems it lost earlier and earlier
>>in the process of games, like gettin' exhausted ;)
>>Have you tried games without inc too, Slater?
>>
>>Regards,
>>Günther
>
>Gunther,
>
>Unfortunately one of those games was mine (Rolling Thunder).  I noticed very
>quickly that Slater's program was crippled and added 40 minutes overall to our
>game until I had to leave.  I could not abort, adjourn or draw.  I hate to win
>in this manner but had no other choice.
>
>Since I play manually I was able to stop play after one game.  The Winboards
>kept playing until I interceded with a match offer to halt what was happening.
>
>I must say Rebel played the best I could offer to a draw.  Rebel is a program
>that I will not take lightly!!  Nicely done Slater.

Sorry about that.  And thanks for the game.

Losing is not that big of a deal to me.  I was 3050 when I started playing with
Rebel, and have dropped to 2800ish.  And that happened in about 8 hours.  ;)

Not a big deal.  I appreciate every last game.  Even the ones I lose on time.



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