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Subject: Re: More facts about the Junior - Adams match

Author: Vincent Diepeveen

Date: 09:19:28 02/17/00

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On February 17, 2000 at 12:15:20, Jeroen Noomen wrote:

>On February 17, 2000 at 11:02:40, Enrique Irazoqui wrote:
>
>>Adams would have been forfeited under the rules due to his inability to connect
>>for over one hour in game 1. The fact that Junior had to forfeit and not Adams
>>is incredibly unfair.
>
>Absolutely true. Also read the post by Amir: The Junior team simply got the
>message 'you forfeited'. Period. No explanation whatsoever.
>
>If a tournament organization allows a computer to take part, it should have the
>same rights as the other participants. In this case Adams was unable to connect,
>so the first game should be '1-0' because of forfeit by Adams.
>
>There is a saying 'If you can't beat them, join them'. In this case KC has made
>it more like 'If you can't beat them, forfeit them'.
>
>My sympathy goes to Amir and the Junior team. The behaving of the tournament
>management of KC has nothing to do with sportsmanship. But they get what they
>deserve: Very bad promotion. And they can only blame themselves.

>Jeroen

Please give me one thing that carries the
name of kasparov and is a success :)


>
>>This is done and beyond repair. As some sort of compensation, and in the name >of fairness and general interest, how about Junior playing a 2 game match >against the winner of Kasparov's Grand Prix?
>>
>>Enrique



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