Author: Darrel Briley
Date: 22:10:00 05/22/05
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On May 22, 2005 at 23:34:54, chandler yergin wrote: >On May 22, 2005 at 23:17:55, Darrel Briley wrote: > >>On May 22, 2005 at 03:56:43, chandler yergin wrote: >> >>>On May 21, 2005 at 21:06:21, Terry McCracken wrote: >>> >>>>On May 21, 2005 at 13:10:11, chandler yergin wrote: >>>> >>>>>On May 21, 2005 at 03:41:19, Terry McCracken wrote: >>>>> >>>>>>On May 21, 2005 at 03:13:00, chandler yergin wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>>On May 20, 2005 at 20:42:14, Terry McCracken wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>>>On May 20, 2005 at 19:50:00, chandler yergin wrote: >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>On May 20, 2005 at 18:42:57, Daniel Pineo wrote: >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>On May 20, 2005 at 03:45:37, Terry McCracken wrote: >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>On May 20, 2005 at 03:21:34, jefkaan wrote: >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>On May 19, 2005 at 14:01:43, Terry McCracken wrote: >>>>>>>>>>>> >> >>> >>>Fine, then stop 'asserting' Chess is a Draw! >>>It's foolish! >> >>It seems some of the strongest players of all time stated that chess was >>essentially a draw (Lasker, Capablanca etc.) I think that among the strongest >>players it's an accepted fact. > >Well, it's NOT! The most recent Tournaments prove it! > > They could literally (barring the occasional >>human error) draw every game. > >No, they couldn't! > >> But, lucky for us, their opponents either make a >>mistake, or they themselves press in an attempt to win, introducing both winning >>and losing chances. >> >>But, as you seem to know better than the great champions, I'll leave you to >>believe whatever you wish to believe. :o) > >THe 3 time World Correspondence Champion Sanakoev said, >"There is NO Opening that could not be played better." >But ... I'll leave you to believe in any stupid thing you want. And an opening being played better has WHAT to do with the subject being discussed? In fact, assuming the statement "There is NO Opening that could not be played better" is true, it completely affirms the points I'd made in my post, in that both sides could in fact play better, and in so doing, would increase the chances for a draw. It is an accepted premise among strong players that you cannot win without a mistake from your opponent; whether that mistake is due to oversight, lack of knowledge, or over-pressing in an attempt to win, is in the end, irrelevant. Irregarless, I do want to thank you for helping me make my point. But in future, for the sake of your being able to make an effective, logical argument, I'd advise you to go back to school and take some logic and critical thinking classes. The fact that you're constantly making personal attacks on anyone you don't agree with shows that you lack the facility for making a reasoned argument. Ad hominem attacks on one's opponent are a tried-and-true strategy for people who have a case that is weak. That's really unfortunate, but unless you're stupid, closeminded, or a bitter old man too set in his ways to learn, and to change, it's a short-coming that can be overcome. I don't believe you're stupid. I wish you all the best of luck.
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