Author: James T. Walker
Date: 15:26:53 11/22/99
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On November 22, 1999 at 12:41:31, Albert Silver wrote: >On November 22, 1999 at 10:18:14, James T. Walker wrote: > >>On November 22, 1999 at 08:39:22, Albert Silver wrote: >> >>>On November 21, 1999 at 17:22:38, Robert Hyatt wrote: >>> >>>>On November 21, 1999 at 15:55:32, blass uri wrote: >>>> >>>>>On November 21, 1999 at 15:28:55, Robert Hyatt wrote: >>>>><snipped> >>>>>>Not very exclusionary, except that I don't let it play 2 12 blitz. Because >>>>>>that isn't blitz. Feel free to play it 10 12 standard of course. I try to >>>>>>keep the three ratings separate: bullet=very fast, blitz=fast, standard=slow. >>>>> >>>>>If you try to do clear limits and you do not allow blitz that is close to be >>>>>standard then you should not allow 3 0 blitz by the same logic because it is >>>>>close to be bullet. >>>>> >>>>>Uri >>>> >>>> >>>>If it wasn't for the GM players I wouldn't... But some insist on 3 0 time >>>>controls, for reasons I'll never understand, because they run into a firestorm >>>>at that time control... >>> >>>Egos are boundless.... >>> >>> Albert Silver >> >> >>You guys still don't get it. SOME people play chess for the fun of it! >>Jim Walker > >I play it for the blood, and that's the fun for me. The faster the time control >and the tougher the competition, the more adrenaline is involved, and 3 0 >against Crafty has to be tough. I don't think GMs take on Crafty at 3 0 time >controls just for the fun of it, at least not in the light-hearted sense of the >word. > > Albert Silver Hello Albert, It's the same thing! If you love to sweat over a move at 3/0 then for you it's fun to work hard at winning in the face of formidable odds. That's what I meant. It does not mean the people who play 3/0 are not trying their best to win. It's just that that's the way they like it! It's in your face -think fast chess and it's fun! Jim Walker
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