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Subject: Re: Congrats for the nice win against Junior!

Author: Sandro Necchi

Date: 00:49:15 08/16/05

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On August 15, 2005 at 12:05:12, Robert Hyatt wrote:

>On August 15, 2005 at 11:31:34, Sandro Necchi wrote:
>
>>On August 15, 2005 at 11:15:47, Robert Hyatt wrote:
>>
>>>On August 15, 2005 at 10:46:33, Sandro Necchi wrote:
>>>
>>>>Hi,
>>>>
>>>>really a good job from your team!
>>>>
>>>>Regards
>>>>
>>>>Sandro
>>>
>>>
>>>Peter's doing pretty well with openings, for certain.  It's a royal pain to try
>>>to pull that off year after year.
>>
>>I know what you mean...
>>
>>>I did it too many years to remember.
>>>
>>>Program/hardware is playing well, as expected.  But Peter has to get us into
>>>positions that are not dead lost at the beginning, so the credit goes to him so
>>>far...
>>
>>OK, but the whole program with the book is doing really well!
>>
>>>
>>>Now if he can keep this up...
>>>
>>>:)
>>
>>Maybe this is your year...we will know it at the end of the week.
>>
>>Sandro
>
>
>My goal has already been met.  I simply wanted it to play well and take
>advantage of this outrageous hardware.  That's been done.

I understand.

>
>My office is full of trophies from the 70's to the 90's, so winning is not
>nearly as important any more as is just seeing it play and perform as I had
>expected..

I understand this too.

>
>I'm sure Peter has similar feelings from his perspective...  so long as he gets
>us into reasonable positions with the book, he will probably be happy.  He'll
>probably be happier if we win games as well, but being able to say "I did my
>part" is a big deal...  And so far, he's "done his part and then some..."
>Shredder's book is _always_ tough to deal with.  Even the commercial one...

Thank you.





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