Author: Dann Corbit
Date: 19:06:37 02/28/00
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On February 28, 2000 at 21:55:47, Robert Hyatt wrote: >On February 28, 2000 at 20:30:28, Dann Corbit wrote: > >>On February 28, 2000 at 20:25:29, Derrick Williams wrote: >> >>> >>> At the this week in chess site, a letter is displayed by michael Adams >>>explaining the circumstances surounding the Deep blue Scandal, It appears that >>>Michael Adams is attempting to shift the blame away from himself, on to the >>>victims, which was Clearly Amir Ban and his partner Shay. I believe this only >>>adds insult to injury, Mr. Adams ought to be ashamed of himself. >> >>Here is the "open letter": >>http://www.chesscenter.com/twic/adams.html > >It sounds to me like Adams was simply "caught in the middle of a bad >situation." It doesn't sound (to me) as though he had any real sort of >agenda to cause a problem... I think that the organizers simply had way too >much incompetence to let the event run smoothly... This kind of nonsense was >inevitable... I think you are right, but I think that Mr. Adams now blames Amir and Shay. A typical example of "blaming the victom" if I ever saw one. I don't think Adams is at fault either. But I do fault his derision of Amir, who was (I think) stuck in the middle far worse than anyone else -- especially considering the outcome.
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