Author: José de Jesús García Ruvalcaba
Date: 03:47:43 10/16/03
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On October 15, 2003 at 11:36:28, Roy Eassa wrote: >On October 15, 2003 at 03:16:12, Jorge Pichard wrote: > >>On October 14, 2003 at 23:47:21, Slater Wold wrote: >> >>>Means squat, but just FYI: >>> >>>10'+10" - P4 3Ghz - 256MB HT - Ponder off - fritz7.ctg >>> >>> 1 2 3 4 5 >>>1 List 504 **** ½101 ½11½ ½½1½ 11½½ 11.0/16 >>>2 Ruffian 1.0.5 ½010 **** ½½11 ½½½½ 1½11 10.0/16 >>>3 smarthink ½00½ ½½00 **** 01½½ 11½1 7.5/16 >>>4 Crafty 19.03 ½½0½ ½½½½ 10½½ **** 0½½0 6.5/16 >>>5 Tao 5.4 00½½ 0½00 00½0 1½½1 **** 5.0/16 >> >>By just one point, now you need to match List 504 versus Ruffian 1.0.5 in a >>match of at least 15 games, Mano a mano. Or better yet what about matching List >>504 versus Fritz 8, Shredder 7, Chess Tiger 15 etc.... >> >>Pichard > > >Completely off topic question: most people use "mano a mano" to mean "man to >man" but I've always thought it originally was intended to mean "hand to hand". >Am I just prejudiced because I took some Spanish classes as a child, or is that >correct? "Mano a mano" means "hand to hand", and is used to describe a duel (i.e. some fight or competition with only two adversaries). It comes from the bullfight jargon. Usually, a bullfight program pits three bullfighters against six bulls, each bullfighter takes on two bulls. A "mano a mano" program pits only two bullfighters against six bulls (three for each bullfighter), allowing a direct comparison between the fighters. While officially it is not a competition between the bullfighters, in the practice there is (almost) always a "winner" and a "loser" for the audience and the critic. José. P.S. old and famous bullfighters do not accept a "mano a mano", since "losing" usually means the forced end of their career. Just like old masked wrestlers do not join a mask bet fight.
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