Author: Vincent Diepeveen
Date: 04:29:38 10/27/03
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On October 26, 2003 at 14:44:32, Jeroen Noomen wrote: >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 :-) replace the word 'tiger' by Noomen. Without Noomen book, Tiger would be a bad amateur. >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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