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Subject: Re: ** Ethical Basics...**

Author: David H. McClain

Date: 19:16:36 01/31/06

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On January 31, 2006 at 21:25:10, Rolf Tueschen wrote:

>
>sure - but then your memory is fading. he already told main part of the story a
>week ago. He already reported it before the match even had started. So, I as a
>psychologist see some wishful thinking in the actual version of the story. And
>BTW I find it also totally unwanted to praise Ivan Morovic for something every
>average GM does every day! As I said it's a mutual agreement, it's something
>very basic. Perhaps you didnt know it, but chess comes out of a very elevated,
>aristocratic, high sphere. Remember Nap. vs Mme _de_ Remusat... Chess has an
>inborn attitude of a Knight or an Emperor... A Dolphin. Not exactly only a
>little fish... (Perhaps you heard of the ethical triviality of salutating long
>before you get mated... not so a machine... a machine plays games of 300 moves)
>
>In a way a real chessplayer needs a long wellness bath, a spiritual re-birthing
>for his insulted soul, insulted by the stupifying eagerness of the machine...
>after having played a game of chess in front of an average operator who possibly
>looked as if he thought it all over on the board... <double sigh>

Rolf,

Your posts have been deteriorating in content and attitude recently.  No one
seems to know why.

What you should consider taking a cold shower and finding a young lady, or call
your plumber.



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