Author: Gian-Carlo Pascutto
Date: 02:03:15 10/30/03
Hi all, several people asked my why I didn't reply to Vincents accusation towards Jeroen Noomen. I originally didn't want to write any reply at all to such a preposterous claim but because of the above I see myself forced to. I don't see WTF Vincent cares about what we do with our books instead of caring about why DIEP played so poorly. Distraction tactics? What books and book decisions Deep Sjeng makes in chess tournaments is between Jeroen and me. I don't care what Vincent thinks, I _KNOW_ Jeroen works hard to get Sjengs book competitive and to _WIN_. For sure, it doesn't always work out right but the play of my engine is not without fauls either. Also note that the one having the final say about what gets played is me, and if I don't agree with Jeroens recommendation or books, I'm free to overrule or ask another opening. Jeroen made, in total, TWELVE books (*) for me this tournament together with information on what was in them, enough to have an alternate if needed (and we did pick an alternate for one crucial game). I'm not a man to make excuses when the engine fucks up and neither is Jeroen the man to make excuses when the book fucks up. So we'd rather improve the engine and book so we can win ICVSN 2004, instead of having to waste our time replying to claims (not only from Vincent) that have no basis and are only intented to stir up things, thank you very much. -- GCP
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