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Subject: Re: Crafty rating on ICC

Author: James T. Walker

Date: 17:27:11 10/26/99

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On October 26, 1999 at 17:31:07, James B. Shearer wrote:

>On October 26, 1999 at 16:34:37, blass uri wrote:
>
>>On October 25, 1999 at 22:19:32, Robert Hyatt wrote:
>
>                    <deletions>
>
>>>I explained why the above was nonsense...  and forgot to explain the _real_
>>>reason it bumped past 3250...  three GMs have taken to playing it 30-40 games
>>>at a time, at 3 0.
>>
>>I do not understand their behaviour.
>>They can play crafty not in ICC at 3 0 without losing rating.
>>
>>What is the reason that they do it?
>>
>>Uri
>
>          Maybe they have a bet about who will do best?  Maybe they don't have
>4-way smp systems at home?  Maybe they like an audience?  Maybe they don't
>realize how good crafty is and hope to gain rating points by winning rarely?
>Maybe they don't want to quit until they win a game?  Many possible reasons.
>What difference does it make?
>                              James B. Shearer

I believe I have the answer.  They do it for fun! :-)_
Jim Walker



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