Author: Lonnie Cook
Date: 13:23:12 01/09/00
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On January 08, 2000 at 16:55:10, Vincent Diepeveen wrote: >On January 08, 2000 at 14:01:14, James T. Walker wrote: > >>On January 08, 2000 at 10:13:23, Vincent Diepeveen wrote: >> >>>Hello, >>> >>>At icc i was following GM Leko versus the world champion GM Khalifman. >>>Both *very* strong players. Past few days they played quite some games, >>>which i followed with great interest. >>> >>>15 minutes before the rebel versus small GM match started suddenly >>>ICC admins blocked broadcast of khalifman-leko without explanation. >>> >>>1 minute later i got the broadcast for the rebel versus unknown small GM: >>>'man who needs to win versus machine'. Now i don't believe in coincidence >>>in the computerchess world. >>> >>>Is computerchess getting crazier and crazier nowadays, that Schroeder BV >>>(Rebel, Tiger) is blocking broadcasting other broadcasts? >>> >>>If i'm completely lying here, in which i apologize for thinking at this >>>link, can Ed then write here a statement that Schroeder BV does *not* block >>>any broadcast of a game of the world champion against another grandmaster >>>at ICC? >>> >>>Vincent Diepeveen >>>diep@xs4all.nl >> >>Vincent once again you prove your ignorance has no limits and your mouth(In this >>case your fingers) have no real connection with your brain. >>Jim Walker > >I'm asking for a statement of Ed in which denies that he or his company >had any hand in that ICC stopped broadcasting Khalifman-Leko match >right before GM vs Rebel match started. If he denies that, then i believe >Ed on his word. If he doesn't deny it nor reacts >then i assume it was a contractual thing with icc that took care that >during the broadcast of man vs machine challenge Rebel was the only >event that was getting broadcasted. > >What's wrong with such a question? I was very pissed off that Khalifman-Leko >broadcast ended abruptly and that people got nuked from the icc server, >without giving an explanation other than that: "icc no longer broadcasts >Khalifman-Leko", though they did that for 4 other games without any >problems. > >Your reaction on my question is completely insane. I think Vin's question is legitimate. I would be peeved too if a series/game was cut off with no explanation and then another game is put in front of me > >Vincent
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