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Subject: Re: Shredder wins in Graz after controversy

Author: Robert Hyatt

Date: 14:09:24 12/12/03

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On December 12, 2003 at 14:26:18, Terry McCracken wrote:

>On December 12, 2003 at 13:42:17, Robert Hyatt wrote:
>
>>On December 12, 2003 at 12:52:15, Matthew Hull wrote:
>>
>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>AFAIC you have hit an all-time low, as I said to Matt, be careful people might
>>>>>>step on you!
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>When you said that to me, I thought you were referring to the moderators.
>>>>>That's who you were referring to, right?
>>>>
>>>>No Matt, I was reffering to you, it was pretty clear.
>>>
>>>
>>>No, I mean the "people might step on matt" meant "moderators might step on
>>>matt".
>>>
>>>If you meant to imply something else, then you are definitely a comedian.
>>>
>>>:)
>>>Matt
>>
>>
>>He meant "something else".
>>
>>It was a childish comment, as usual.
>
>Learn to read, it was Matt behaving badly.
>>
>>When he "grows up" he will realize that sometimes a game is about
>>winning, other times it is about fun, and other times it is about
>>things like sportsmanship, training, etc.  But a tournament is
>>about winning, first and foremost.  To suggest otherwise is so
>>far beyond ridiculous that it takes sunlight 6 months to get from
>>ridiculous to there.  Chess players are competitors, first and
>>foremost, in tournament play.  And if my opponent screws up a won
>>position and lets me escape with a perpetual, I'll take it.  The
>>literature is _full_ of such happenings between GM players, and
>>they never get into this sort of nonsensical "but I was really winning,
>>and screwed up, and you are a louse for not resigning and giving me the
>>point.  I only made a _small_ mistake."
>
>You absolutely have no idea what you're talking about, and I'm growing fatigued
>with your vapid insults.

I really don't believe you could recognize an insult if it fell on you.  The
above was _not_ an insult.  This paragraph _might_ be considered one however.


>>
>>I can see GM Walter Browne falling out of his chair laughing.  And he
>>doesn't laugh much in a chess tournament.  :)
>>
>>If you said that to him _before_ the game ends, you might have a chance.
>>He might choke so badly laughing that his flag falls before he can regain
>>control.  :)
>>
>>Let's see.  Should Kasparov have been given a point or 1/2 point in the
>>game he lost so badly against junior, where he had a good position for the
>>entire game and made a single move that blew the game?  Should the DB team
>>have given Kasparov credit for blundering in game 6 in 1997 and called the
>>match a draw?  Should Shirov, or Kramnik, or ... have expected the same
>>when they lost games they should have won and won games they should have
>>lost?
>>
>>Sort of destroys the idea of "competition"...
>
>You're babbling mindlessly. I'm trying to refrain from answering as it's lost on
>you two yardbirds, but you're making it pretty near damn impossible.


Right.  Get shrill instead of reinforcing your (lack of) argument...

By the way, you ought to consider taking ritalin.  It helps keep your
attention on a single topic.  You have been all over the planet, yet
the discussion was about the decision (bad) made in Graz.

A little "focus" might keep you on track and off these wild tangents.



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