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Subject: Re: Thorsten,chessbase did congratulate the winner.

Author: blass uri

Date: 08:13:49 06/28/99

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On June 28, 1999 at 10:55:18, Stefan Meyer-Kahlen wrote:

>On June 28, 1999 at 10:29:27, Vincent Diepeveen wrote:
>
>>On June 28, 1999 at 09:55:51, Bruce Moreland wrote:
>>
>>>
>>>On June 28, 1999 at 09:12:23, Thorsten Czub wrote:
>>>
>>>>On June 28, 1999 at 08:31:23, blass uri wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>This is from chessbase site in the news:
>>>>>
>>>>>Our heartfelt
>>>>>                               congratulations to Stefan
>>>>>                               Meyer-Kahlen, who is one of the
>>>>>                               most talented young programmers
>>>>>                               around.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>Uri
>>>>
>>>>I have heard there is a fax on alpha centauri, in the basement, near
>>>>the toilette. :-))
>>>>Normally , in sports, you do congratulate the winner at the event,
>>>>most often directly after he has won the game.
>>>>
>>>>Anyway -
>>>
>>>Not many people were there at that point, there was a banquet, and almost
>>>everyone went to that.
>>>bruce
>>
>>Right i found this very unsportive from a lot of people.
>>
>>One plays a major world championship, and then most miss the finals?
>>
>>It really happened, they all went to supper.
>>Only a small group remained in the tournament hall that evening
>>to see the tie between Ferret and Shredder.
>>
>>Then after a long and tough struggle when we got
>>in the restaurant i got to sit at a table and was so stupid
>>to sit near to Amir Ban's team. Amir after looking the
>>a4-paper (without stopping to eat)
>>where the Shredder-Ferret game was printed at,
>>then after a few words in Hebrew with his other teammembers,
>>
>>accused Bruce having made a deal giving away the title to Stefan,
>>although if he and his team didn't go for supper then they would have
>>seen that it was everything except that.
>>
>>I wonder whether Amir wishes to repeat that accusation
>>in this forum, because i didn't only found it very rude
>>and obviously wrong, i also found it very insulting and
>>showing from very bad manners.
>>
>>Secondly Amir Ban is always the one who tells me: "winner is always right",
>>but seemingly his own rule only gets followed by him
>>if he is the winner.
>>
>>Greetings,
>>Vincent
>
>Are there really serious rumors that I bought the title from Bruce?
>Please let me know.
>
>Stefan

I do not know about these rumors.
If there are rumors then I do not believe them.
I think that everyone who saw the final game do not believe them.

Uri



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