Author: Martin
Date: 02:46:29 02/29/00
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On February 28, 2000 at 22:06:37, Dann Corbit wrote: >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. Well, it was Amir and Shay who blamed Mickey shortly after the event. And this is certainly not fair either. Martin
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