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Subject: Re: the big heros of computerchess: Part 1, Jaap van den Herik

Author: Gerd Isenberg

Date: 01:52:18 11/29/03

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On November 29, 2003 at 03:57:40, Thorsten Czub wrote:

>On November 29, 2003 at 03:20:59, Slater Wold wrote:
>
>>On November 29, 2003 at 02:11:19, Thorsten Czub wrote:
>>
>>>
>>>Out of an english newspaper:
>>>
>>>"Tournament boss Professor Jaap van den Herik rang Reul’s home to try to reach a
>>>last-minute compromise, but his mum said he was out. "
>>>
>>>What a great hero this Professor is.
>>>How wise to choose a last-minute compromise.
>>>
>>>And how wise to talk with mum.
>>
>>Finally Thorsten, we agree on something.  ;)
>
>i could give Mr. "nevertheless" Jaap van den Herik the telephone number of my
>mum too :-))
>
>Also he could get the phone number of my grand-mum.
>
>you never know ! if you will need it one time to get the asnwer:
>
>"He is out!"
>
>Maybe we should organise a
>big list of telephone numbers of Mums and Grandmums of all computerchess people
>in the scene. This way they would have a bigger database for later sucspicion
>and better conspiracy :-))
>
>I can even consider a special task force ICGA !
>
>Helicopter lands on the street in front of the programmers house.
>Jaap, David and Ernst run out of the helicopter, in dark clothes,
>they rang the bell : Mum appears !
>
>"Oh - my son is not there. He is out !"
>Mum is completely nervous. Talks to herself: "Ja was machen wir denn da ?"
>And comes with the solution: "Soll ich ein paar Schnittchen machen ?"
>
>Than cut.
>We see a living room and a couch, coffe and canapees on the table.
>Ernst, David and Jaap sitting on Mum's couch.
>Mums cat on Ernsts knees, mum's Parrot on Jaaps head, and
>mum's cocker beneath Davids feet. On the television we see another serial
>of "Bonanza", Grandma comes into the living room and tells new stories about
>WW2.
>
>Than the bell rings again !
>
>Will the special ICGA task force solve the problem this episode ?
>Or will they have to stay the whole weekend into mums house until grandma
>has told them even MORE astonishing stories out of WW1 ?
>
>Will the programmer enter the door or is it the Letterman, maybe with a very
>very serious letter ?
>
>Doin't miss next years episode of:
>
>ICGA world computer chess championships !

Sorry Thorsten,

that's really a serious matter, and probably better not to make jokes about it.
Anyway, shame on me, i had to laugh out loudly and i'm really curious obout the
next episodes of your soap.

Gerd



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