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Subject: Re: Correction! Thorsten, I took your word for granted, and I was wrong!

Author: Gerd Isenberg

Date: 01:45:48 10/29/03

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On October 28, 2003 at 13:40:03, Djordje Vidanovic wrote:

>On October 28, 2003 at 09:04:00, Thorsten Czub wrote:
>
>>it seems chessbase is doing a kind of boycott or censoring.
>>there was almost NO information in CSS forum, despite few postings by foreign
>>posters.
>
>Thorsten,
>
>I tried to make sure whether the CSS Forum which I have stopped following for
>pure lack of time (CCC and Arena FCP are enough for me at the moment) really did
>not post anything about the Dutch Open.  You said that only some "foreign
>posters"  reported a thing or two there.  But you are wrong, a man whom you must
>know posted several reports on the Leiden tourney, and he was NOT banned or
>censored. Some other people also discussed Leiden in the CSS Forum and no one
>was ostracised for that.  Please, refer to at least the following:
>
>http://f23.parsimony.net/forum50826/messages/80937.htm
>http://f23.parsimony.net/forum50826/messages/80955.htm
>http://f23.parsimony.net/forum50826/messages/81052.htm
>http://f23.parsimony.net/forum50826/messages/81063.htm
>
>I think that I owe an apology to the CSS Forum (and ChessBase and CSS as well)
>for hasty and incorrect posting that may well have been rightfully
>misinterpreted.   I sincerely apologise.  Besides that, as Tord Romstad said
>below, we should await the new CSS issue and see.  Now I am sure that the
>coverage will be adequate.
>
>So, try to moderate your views please.  And check facts.  You got me duped for a
>moment.  My fault, I never learn things well about you.  I kind of like what you
>say, but then you turn out quite unreliable regarding other matters...
>
>Regards,
>
>Djordje

Yes, but the initial point was not CSS-forum but ChessBase sites.
Of course ChessBase isn't interested in publishing on computer chess events,
where no exclusive ChessBase program take place, like fritz alias quest or
shredder. In 2001 there were two detailed reports about the dutch open as well
about the 2.CSVN tournament 2002:

http://www.chessbase.de/events/events.asp?pid=114
http://www.chessbase.de/events/events.asp?pid=116
http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp?newsid=339

Gerd




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