Author: Terry Presgrove
Date: 08:37:39 02/17/00
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On February 17, 2000 at 11:08:26, Mogens Larsen wrote: >On February 17, 2000 at 10:43:08, Martin wrote: > > >>I don't believe this conspiracy theory. Read >>http://www.clubkasparov.com/serve/templates/dispchessdoc.asp?p_docID=2499&p_docLang=EN >>Mig Greengard and his team are responsible for the decision. They had two >>choices: >> >>1) To postpone the second game which would have been to the advantage of the >>machine. >> >>2) To declare the match lost by DJ by forfeit which is to the advantage of >>Adams. >> >>I think too, that in this situation no 2 was the only possibility. Mig writes: >>"The forfeit was by no means the fault of Deep Junior, its operators, or the >>KasparovChess.com software, and to our knowledge all of the above performed >>quite well. [...]" >>"They, particularly the Junior team, have good reason to be outraged at their >>misfortune at the hands of fate and our disregard for proper protocol. They have >>the sincere apologies of the entire KasparovChess.com team, and as >>editor-in-chief they have my personal apology for allowing such a marvelous >>opportunity to turn into a disaster through my own negligence." >> >>There's nothing to add. > >I agree. Everyone knew that Adams was playing Seirawan at Bermuda, so it would >have been unreasonable to ask Adams to wait forever as explained by MiG. Tough >luck on DJ, but I'll get the chance another time. The conspiracy claim is a >rather sad example of bad reasoning. Count to ten first. > >Best wishes... >Mogens You easily forget that there were other humans evolved in this as well. What agout Amir and Shay's schedule? It is clear that you do not give them equal consideration. When will they have another opportunity like this? They were right there at the door of playing Kasparov when the plug was pulled. I am not convinced that the official line gives the bottom line reason for the the forced forfeit of DJ. No one likes to be treated as "second class", but that is clearly what transpired with the DJ team. TP
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