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- From: fujimoto@carson.u.washington.edu (Bryant Fujimoto)
- Subject: Re: TO THE GM's/IM's FROM DON
- Message-ID: <1992Dec21.105652.903@u.washington.edu>
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- References: <1992Dec17.184754.542@uoft02.utoledo.edu> <1h18d1INN188@agate.berkeley.edu> <1992Dec20.101509.578@uoft02.utoledo.edu> <34463@rnd.GBA.NYU.EDU> <1992Dec20.233336.585@uoft02.utoledo.edu>
- Date: Mon, 21 Dec 1992 10:56:52 GMT
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- dcrosgr@uoft02.utoledo.edu writes:
-
- >In article <34463@rnd.GBA.NYU.EDU>, mginsbur@rnd.GBA.NYU.EDU (Mark Ginsburg) writes:
- >> In article <1992Dec20.101509.578@uoft02.utoledo.edu> dcrosgr@uoft02.utoledo.edu writes:
- >>
- >>>[...] Simply stated, Fischer played well because he won.
- >>>NOTHING else matters.
- >>
- >> Oh, I see (?!?).
-
- >My personal philosophy on life can be boiled down to:
-
- >A working imperfect solution is better than a non-working perfect solution.
-
- >I have little respect for 'critics' who lack the ability to climb to the top,
- >and it spills over....
-
- [stuff deleted]
-
- >> provide instructional value. It's funny to see the analysis reduced to
- >> what is perceived as personal attacks. Chess moves are just that, chess
- >> moves. They are not an attempt to get "inside of Fischer's mind" or know
- >> "what his strategy was."
-
- >Well, when you couple that with statements which indicate the author believes
- >that this is proof that Fischer is not as strong a player, you take it out of
- >the realm of textbook discussion into one of arguing about someone's skill,
- >which is so much MM.
-
- If you look in the sports pages you find critiques of coaches
- and athletes written by journalists who are neither. The sports
- writers may claim a player is no longer effective, etc. And it
- seems some people enjoy arguing over which of two athletes
- (or teams), who did not play at the same time, was the better athlete.
- This appears to be the same sort of activity which you are condemning
- in some of your posts (how well did Fischer and Spassky play? is
- Fischer as good as he once was? etc.). However, since this sort
- of thing is accepted in other sports, why do you object to it here?
-
- Bryant Fujimoto
- fujimoto@denali.chem.washington.edu
-
- [more stuff deleted]
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