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- From: mzabel@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu (Mark A Zabel)
- Subject: Re: TO THE GM's/IM's FROM DON
- Message-ID: <1992Dec22.171727.16874@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu>
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- Date: Tue, 22 Dec 1992 17:17:27 GMT
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- In article <1992Dec22.015033.596@uoft02.utoledo.edu> dcrosgr@uoft02.utoledo.edu
- writes:
-
- >Your hobby is chess...my profession is arguing.
-
- Herein lie the problems:
-
- 1. This is REC.GAMES.CHESS - not rec.bullshit.about.whatever.i.want.
- Apparently there are no penalties for talking about whatever
- comes to mind in any news group, but usually it's kept to a
- minimum, as people are generally considerate. It would be
- okay if you argued about chess, but you do not. The fact that
- Fischer is part (a very small part) of your discussions is
- meaningless. It is no more relevant than discussing urology,
- as Kasparov has (presumably) a penis.
-
- 2. When replying to Mr. Pope you state, "your hobby is chess
- ...my profession is arguing." If you really are a law
- STUDENT, as you have written, then your profession is
- NOT arguing - not any more than Mr. Pope's profession
- is chess. Your implication that chess is a "hobby" to
- someone as strong as Mr. Pope shows a certain naivete.
- I have never known any serious players who consider
- their chess playing and studies to be a hobby. GM Benjamin,
- IM Ginsburg, and probably a good many others who have
- replied to you are indeed professionals.
-
- Hey, it's okay if you want to argue about chess. However,
- if you just want to argue about the meaning of meaning just
- to practice sophistry, I would suggest that you go somewhere
- else to do it.
-
- -Mark
-
- p.s. I know where you live!
- p.p.s. Just kidding!
-
- For anybody who's still left at this point and plays the
- Nimzoindian, I'm thinking about switching to it. What are
- your results against players lower, equal, and better than
- you? What are some of the practical problems with the defence?
-
- -Thanks, Mark
-