Author: Amir Ban
Date: 01:57:12 11/12/98
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On November 11, 1998 at 20:08:18, Robert Hyatt wrote: > >Yes, but only for the worse. Ie he ought to have simply said "I screwed up, >I didn't prepare well, I tried the wrong kinds of openings, I practiced against >a micro thinking that would help but it didn't, I listened to the wrong >people, I got tired, etc..." Instead he started accusing the DB team of >dishonest behavior. And as I said, in "academia" there's hardly any worse >insult. To do so is bad enough, but to do so with no evidence of any kind >is *really* bad. And some examination with Fritz or another program would >have shown him that all was on the up-and-up had he taken the time. But he >just came out swinging instead.. > Point of order: Kasaprov raised the suspicion of cheating BEFORE he lost the match, after the 3rd game. He repeated it in the press conference after the 5th game (when he got annoyed at IBM for ignoring this). He lost the match the day after that. He did not make this up to excuse losing the match. Psychologically, it was unwise of him to get heated over this with half the match still to play, but that's not the same as being a sore loser. For all I know, he expected to be a "sore winner". Amir
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