Author: Jeroen Noomen
Date: 11:44:32 10/26/03
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On October 26, 2003 at 14:31:25, Djordje Vidanovic wrote: Hi Djordje, Of course you are right. But I am not complaining :-). I'll leave that to Vincent. I was in a good mood today anyway, as Tiger did some good work against Diep. Needless to say Vincent was relatively quiet during that game :-) Yes, the 'if's and then's' do not count. Ruffian is deserved winner, once again my congratulations to the whole team! Jeroen PS Thanks for your kind words, they are highly appreciated! >On October 26, 2003 at 12:53:43, Jeroen Noomen wrote: > >>On October 26, 2003 at 11:19:31, Theo van der Storm wrote: >> >>Congrats to the Ruffian team for winning the title! >> >>I have a bit mixed feelings, if Chess Tiger would have won >>against The King yesterday (Tiger was completely winning in >>that game), Tiger would have retained its title.... >> >>Jeroen >> > > >Thanks Jeroen. > >Your thinking leads to a vicious circle... If...if, again. You've almost started >complaining the Vincent way... :-) Here's a counter example: of Ruffian had >played the normal prophylactic 21...f6, he would have won the game against XiniX >(the estimate by Ruffian, Fritz and Shredder was all about +0.50 for Black = >Ruffian) and he would have been clear first with 9.5/11. But Ruffian >overlooked the threat posed by the Knight g5 move and was duly punished. >Therefore, if we start by projecting a parallel universe in which there is no >single reality, but always an alternative IF, we would never go far. > >Fact is that Ruffian lost, and, sorry to say, that Tiger lost. And we have to >accept facts, regardless of how difficult it is. Otherwise, we would engage in >"denial of reality" and that is, er..., not really advisable. > >You are a terrific book creator, that is another fact. If I tried to deny that, >I would never catch up with you. > >Djordje
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