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Subject: Re: Congrats to Ruffian!

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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