Author: stuart taylor
Date: 10:23:22 05/26/05
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On May 26, 2005 at 01:05:02, Uri Blass wrote: >On May 25, 2005 at 20:20:59, James T. Walker wrote: > >>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. > >Yes and the point is that Adams behaviour can be easily prevented if there are >clear rules that does not allow the human to claim a win because of connection >problems of the computer. > >Uri Not only that, but according to the article which i read at the time, Adams was getting quite a raw end of the deal. He didn't have a very nice time, and it made perfect sense everything he did, even if was a saint. I don't remember the details of the long article. Just the impression I had. S.Taylor
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