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Subject: Re: Now This Is A Joke!

Author: martin fierz

Date: 15:32:08 10/07/04

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On October 07, 2004 at 12:48:25, Daniel Jackson wrote:

>On October 07, 2004 at 11:20:34, Robert Hyatt wrote:
>
>>On October 06, 2004 at 19:01:31, Daniel Jackson wrote:
>>
>>>
>>>>
>>>>I never claimed to be a master of course. Only IMs and GMs are Masters in my
>>>>book.
>>>
>>>I could care less who rates what in your book....nor does anyone else for that
>>>matter. I may be a National Master an International Master or a Grandmaster and
>>>you wouldn't appreciate the difference.
>>>>
>>>>You talk about insults?? :) That´s really a joke.
>>>
>>>No, you're the joke.
>>>>
>>>>You are for sure not an IM or GM since I have played a lot of them and not a
>>>>single one did behave that badly.
>>>
>>>
>>>Really? Where and when....you have to be in the same *Class* as they are to
>>>*Play* as a general rule...now you don't claim to be a master yet you've played
>>>many IM's and GM's....now that is a joke.
>>>
>>>As for insults, you started that yourself by calling my opinion on a line
>>>ridiculous!
>>>
>>>What do you want me to say to a disrespectful remark like that?
>>>>
>>
>>I'm not a master, but I have played several IM players and GM players.  Two that
>>everyone would know are IM Mike Valvo and IM Danny Kopec...  And years ago IM
>>(now GM) Larry Christiansen.  That line of reasoning makes no sense...
>
>It is possible but not too likely....unless you know many personally. But you
>didn't play them in tournaments, did you?
>
>Of course he never said they were tournaments...so if there his friends...who
>knows?
>
>Boy, did this ever get way off topic....it all started over a line in the QGD
>that I felt wasn't fully sound. And I'm called incompetent....sigh...
>
>Oh well....

i'm about as good as michael at chess, if i believe in fide ratings. i have
played something like 10-20 GMs in tournaments, and many more IMs. since i'm
also about the same age as michael, i'd say it's fair to believe that we played
a similar number of IMs and GMs.

cheers
  martin



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