Author: Albert Silver
Date: 12:16:42 01/10/00
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On January 09, 2000 at 20:46:07, Tina Long wrote:
>On January 09, 2000 at 16:23:12, Lonnie Cook wrote:
>
>>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
>
>Sure you might be peeved, but would you come straight to CCC and rudely accuse
>Ed of cutting off the Leko-Khalifman game. How would Ed have done that anyway.
>Would you at the same time insult Rebel's opponent as "unknown small GM".
>
>Vincent was, yet again, extremely rude and arrogant. As a chess programmer and
>player I would have expected at least some lateral thinking as to why the
>Leko-Khalifman game was cut off.
>
>Just my opinion,
>Tina Long
I disagree. Vincent was right. It was clearly a plot. As he said, this could be
no coincidence. I think he's wrong when he says it was Ed's fault. I personally
suspect my sister as when I discovered this she 'coincidentally' called.
Obviously she must be in on this, but fear not, I will investigate the matter
thoroughly.
Albert Silver
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