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Subject: Re: Agree, lets be smart and not shoot ourselves in the foot.

Author: James T. Walker

Date: 09:51:36 02/20/00

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On February 19, 2000 at 22:06:25, Michael Neish wrote:

>On February 19, 2000 at 12:51:31, James T. Walker wrote:
>
>>Hello Mark,
>>You are never going to get the facts.  You are only going to get half truths and
>>different sides of the story.  No matter which side you are on, you are probably
>>only going to be half right (Maybe less).  In this case there are actually more
>>than 2 sides and I am certain there are some secrets yet to be told and we will
>>never hear them.  Today, communications problems again?  Who was declared the
>>winner today?
>>Jim Walker
>
>I'm not sure which side you're arguing for, but anyway I agree with you. If you
>are aware that you're only being told half-truths then you should also know that
>it's reckless to form a quick conclusion.  I saw posts strongly accusing Adams
>and Kasparov pretty soon after the fiasco occurred.  And after it starts it's
>like
>the domino effect with people picking up on what's been said, and taking it
>a little further, until the claims are outrageously disproportionate with the
>actual events.
>
>Let's say (and I'm not suggesting this will happen) that some fact comes to
>light which completely clears Adams of any suspicious behaviour.  All those
>who insulted him will be made to look pretty bad.
>
>Mike.

Hello Mike,
You are entitled to your opinion but I don't agree.  Adams could have been fair
to the Junior team and agreed to a postponement.  If he could not make the
postponed game then it is on him not the Junior team to default.  Junior was
ready to play.  He simply was given a way to cheat Junior out of it's place in
the tournament and took it.  Whether it was with G Kasparov's blessing or not
does not matter to me.  Adams squirmed out of the match with Juior on a
technicality which was invented for him on the spur of the moment.
Jim Walker



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