Author: Bruce Moreland
Date: 05:44:48 06/23/99
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On June 21, 1999 at 19:09:28, Heiko Mikala wrote: >For example, when, during the playoff, Stefan asked Jaap van den Herik, if he >could stop writing down the moves on the scorecard, because the speed chess >phase had begun. Immediately after Jaap saying Yes, you threw your pencil and >your block to the ground. You should have seen Jaap's face in that moment :-) Oh no. Nothing was meant by putting the stuff on the floor, I just wanted it out of my face. >Or, when, during your game against Fritz, Ossi Weiner wanted to make a photo >of you and asked you, if you could look into his direction, while you were >looking very concentrated on your screen. Your answer was a short, but definite >"No!". Wow. I guess, you are the only chess programmer in the whole wide world, >who could have the heart to say no at that moment to Ossi. A man, who could >make you rich, if he would offer you to market your program as part of the >MCS, in a line with Chess Genius, Shredder, Nimzo, WChess, Zarkov and MChess. I couldn't turn around, it was sudden death time control and it was my move. We were both treating it like a blitz game. bruce
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