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- From: dcrosgr@uoft02.utoledo.edu
- Newsgroups: rec.games.chess
- Subject: Re: Harper vs. DMC
- Message-ID: <1992Dec30.210659.744@uoft02.utoledo.edu>
- Date: 30 Dec 92 21:06:59 EST
- References: <1992Dec30.224451.2878@progress.com>
- Organization: University of Toledo, Computer Services
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- In article <1992Dec30.224451.2878@progress.com>, disabito@progress.COM (Paul Disabito) writes:
- > I'd love to witness this game. It should be a classic.
- >
- > Frankly, I'd like to see DMC lose. He is, after all, a
- > self-confessed arrogant lawyer wannabe.
- >
- > But, in all fairness, his losing would not mean much.
- > A worthless non-GM like Bruce Harper is still a pretty
- > tough opponent, no matter how worthless he is and no
- > matter how pointless his life may be away from the
- > chessboard. When a player loses to a master, it does
- > not prove that the loser knows nothing about chess. In
- > fact, I'm not sure it proves much of anything other than
- > the result. A match would be a better indicator, although
- > losers can be very creative ("He's not better, he doesn't
- > know more--he just got lucky").
- >
- > At any rate, it will be interesting to see if DMC accepts
- > this offer. I'm just afraid that it will divert people's
- > attention away from his original positions :-)
-
- "...to see if DMC accepts this offer....?
-
- Paul, DMC MADE this offer. Go back and read the times of the posts. I threw
- down a rather spiked guantlet, and Mr. Harper is trying to get away...
-
- >
- > --Paul DiSabito
- >
- >
-