Author: stuart taylor
Date: 17:03:47 02/21/00
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On February 21, 2000 at 13:50:27, Charles Pittaluga wrote: >On February 21, 2000 at 09:13:30, pavesyles wrote: > >>On February 21, 2000 at 06:07:17, Vincent Diepeveen wrote: >> >>>On February 21, 2000 at 03:13:40, stuart taylor wrote: >>> >>>>On February 20, 2000 at 22:20:06, Vincent Diepeveen wrote: >>>> >>>>>On February 20, 2000 at 19:57:30, C McClain Morris wrote: >>>>> >>>>>>I don't think anyone can argue with the fact that it was preposterous for Deep J >>>>>>to be forfeited against Adams. If during the course of a basketball game, the >>>>>>lights go out (a crash of another kind), I have never seen the game forfeited >>>>>>due to a problem that was out of the control of either participant. What's >>>>>>really going on here? Anyone have any ideas? >>>>>>C Morris >>>>> >>>>>Nah, just the normal tournament practice which gets overruled if junior >>>>>would've been a GM. >>>>> >>>>>If you're too late for a contest, no matter whether the lights from your >>>>>car went off, or whether you ran out of petrol, or whether someone >>>>>crashed into you, you're forfeited. >>>>> >>>>>For some GM's they make exceptions though. That's the unfair part. >>>>>Not the forfeit of junior is unfair, but the fact that they had no problems >>>>>delaying kasparov-piket for a day.... >>>>> >>>>>Very fair was however that piket won in a computerish way from kasparov, >>>>>just grabbing a pawn then defending the rest of the second game that pawn >>>>>till the endgame and win the game somewhere there. great show from piket. >>>>> >>>>>let's vote for renaming flyingpiket (handle of Jeroen Piket at icc) to >>>>>crushingpiket. >>>>> >>>>>Vincent >>>> >>>>It was not comfortable to try Adams patients any longer. Adams is a very highly >>>>respected international personality, whereas the computer program and its young >>>>programer in the background seemed much easier to dispense with. >>>> It was high stress for the organisers who were overwhelmed by Adams Aura. >>>>S.Taylor >>> >>>Nah Amir isn't exactly the youngest person on earth, i had the impression >>>he's 1.5 times my age at least? I'm 26 now. >>> >>>If it wasn't adams out there but any other GM, fill in that name. >>> >>>I'm amazed that in the last game Piket when winning from the big master >>>didn't suddenly drop his connection and unexpectedly forfeited.... >>> >>>Vincent >>IF they are not going to run these tournaments correctly then who is going to >>care about the results> > > >Hmm the person that takes home the $20,000.00 for one? > > ;) If it's permitted to ask-was Adams being paid a hansom sum of money for his time? And even more for winning? If so, I'm afraid to say------a sad story! Not only the rules should have been strictly adhered to, but another condition should have been that the game has to have been played in such a manner that the public would benefit-i.e. that the program was running smoothly too. Not a few moves on instant or the like. Unless the organisers were fully blameworthy of lack of concern etc. S.Taylor
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