Author: Michael Neish
Date: 06:16:48 02/19/00
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On February 19, 2000 at 08:05:29, Mark Ryan wrote: >As a result of the forfeit disaster in the KasparovChess Grand Prix, Michael >Adams has been called some bad things here at the CCC: >"a coward" (post 97669); >"a jerk" (post 97673); >"the coward" (post 97689); >"despicable and cowardly" (post 97721); >and many other bad things. This language always seemed out of place here, even >before the accusations were contradicted by the very man responsible for the >forfeit, Mig (Michael Greengard). Just as Amir and Shay have been treated >unjustly, so has Michael Adams been treated unjustly by very premature and very >exaggerated accusations. I totally agree. I gave up reading the Junior-Adams posts a while ago because of it. I was quite shocked by how quickly people seemed to be forming their own theories without a shred of evidence, and before they'd heard both sides of the story. What about Adams, has anyone heard directly from him? I hope the moderators will pay heed to what you say. Cheers, Mike.
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