Author: Terry Presgrove
Date: 12:18:24 02/17/00
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On February 17, 2000 at 14:33:18, Mogens Larsen wrote: >On February 17, 2000 at 11:37:39, Terry Presgrove wrote: > >> 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. > >I do think about Amir and Shay, but they were partly to blame for not securing a >consistent connection and a backup. They had their chance before the second >game, but failed to deliver within reasonable time. But let's agree that KC >failed big time. I wasn't the only game where the connection faultered. > >Best wishes... >Mogens Amir said they were ready to go around 5:00 seems plenty reasonable to me. Especially since Adam's problems significantly delayed the opening. Yes we certainly can agree KC was not prepared for such an event. It is shameful the way the DJ team was forced to forfeit. The facts of the decision making process set forth by Mig don't line up with Amir's account either. Some seem to want to blow this off as no big deal. But IMO it is a blow to the whole chess community. TP TP
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