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Subject: Re: Is Everyone Forgetting Adams Unsportsmanlike behavior in 2000 vs Deep Ju

Author: James T. Walker

Date: 17:20:59 05/25/05

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On May 25, 2005 at 16:50:18, Uri Blass wrote:

>On May 25, 2005 at 16:24:13, William Sorin wrote:
>
>>Adams has demonstrated in the Past that he is a sore loser, Crybaby who will do
>>anything possible to avoid losing. What he pulled against Deep Junior in 2000
>>will go down as one of the biggest Shams in Chess History. In an Apparently Dead
>>lost position, when deepJunior had technical problems, Mr Adams claims a WIn. He
>>then writes a rambling explanation of this atrocity at Chessbase, adding insult
>>to injury. Personally I do not want to see this shameful person play either
>>human or computer.
>
>I prefer to see even a player who tried to win by unsportsmanlike behaviour and
>not a person who does not care about the result.
>
>I remember the stupid mistakes of Kramnik against Fritz and it seems that he did
>not care about the result(in the better case) or lost on purpose(in the worse
>case).
>
>It is no problem to prevent people to earn points by unsportsmanlike behaviour
>by better rules so I am not afraid that Adams will win again against Hydra by
>similiar behaviour.
>
>Uri

Why would you prefer to see either one?  Both actions reflect badly on the GM
comunity but on the individuals even more so.  I would prefer to not see either
type of behavior.



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