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**MichaelBaron** · 10-16-2009, 05:37 PM

Originally Posted by Firegoat7

To be honest Mike, I never attacked you as a person. I merely made an observation that "strong" chess players like yourself seem to believe that this position should be a draw based on the chess position. Players like yourself continually ignore the psychological issues that were present in the chess position. More importantly they deliberately ignore the psychological considerations that occured when the draw was offered. However, they tend to remember such things when it suits them! They normally like to tell arbiters what the correct decision should have been despite never volunteering to arbit themselves.

Furthermore, your comment about education is a little bit strange.
It is difficult, in the context of the discussion, to imagine a perspective where it seems valid. Personally, I don't believe that a persons intelligence is directly related to their writing ability. I think most people with intelligence would realise that they speak very differently from how they write.

However, since you brought up the topic, your written mastery of the English language is very poor. It most certainly not of the standard that is normally associated with somebody,like yourself, who has completed a tertiary PHD in economics.

A couple of points....
"Yours" is poorly phrased, and a bad choice for opening a sentence
"is" cannot be possessed by the term "yours" for numerous grammatical reasons.
"Typical" does not require a capital letter. but it most certainly needs the word "a" in the context of the sentence.

I could list further examples, but I will not. It is unimportant to our conversation because I understood the meanings you implied. Playing the class card was always going to be difficult without respected authority.

I beg to differ. In MCC 2009 allegro games I have an overall plus score against you.

You are entitled to your opinion. In my opinion, accepting a draw offer from a player who should be claiming triple repetition is a psychological mistake.

I cannot argue with the facts. You are simply a stronger player then myself at this form of the game.

cheers,

LOL, do you seriously expect me to write and edit my BB postings like if they are academic essays or novels

. If you are interested i can post a link to my ph.d thesis here but I doubt you are interested

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By ''uneducated'' i referred to your working-class style of responding to the arguments.

My point is very clear - playing on in such position is disrespectful towards your opponent. I have never denied the importance of psychological factors in chess but get real! In that position, how can white possibily lose it? And claiming that he played Kg3 and the move should stand is in my opinion is poor sportsmanship - it has nothing to do with one's standard of play. It is common sense that he was analysing rather than making the move on the board, since he felt the actual game was over!

I am greatly surprised that the appeals committee asked for the game to be continued...really really surprised! Also, I am curious...when you see Ivanov, does he still say hello to you?

10-16-2009, 05:37 PM	#126 (permalink)
MichaelBaron Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Posts: 136	Originally Posted by Firegoat7 To be honest Mike, I never attacked you as a person. I merely made an observation that "strong" chess players like yourself seem to believe that this position should be a draw based on the chess position. Players like yourself continually ignore the psychological issues that were present in the chess position. More importantly they deliberately ignore the psychological considerations that occured when the draw was offered. However, they tend to remember such things when it suits them! They normally like to tell arbiters what the correct decision should have been despite never volunteering to arbit themselves. Furthermore, your comment about education is a little bit strange. It is difficult, in the context of the discussion, to imagine a perspective where it seems valid. Personally, I don't believe that a persons intelligence is directly related to their writing ability. I think most people with intelligence would realise that they speak very differently from how they write. However, since you brought up the topic, your written mastery of the English language is very poor. It most certainly not of the standard that is normally associated with somebody,like yourself, who has completed a tertiary PHD in economics. A couple of points.... "Yours" is poorly phrased, and a bad choice for opening a sentence "is" cannot be possessed by the term "yours" for numerous grammatical reasons. "Typical" does not require a capital letter. but it most certainly needs the word "a" in the context of the sentence. I could list further examples, but I will not. It is unimportant to our conversation because I understood the meanings you implied. Playing the class card was always going to be difficult without respected authority. I beg to differ. In MCC 2009 allegro games I have an overall plus score against you. You are entitled to your opinion. In my opinion, accepting a draw offer from a player who should be claiming triple repetition is a psychological mistake. I cannot argue with the facts. You are simply a stronger player then myself at this form of the game. cheers, LOL, do you seriously expect me to write and edit my BB postings like if they are academic essays or novels . If you are interested i can post a link to my ph.d thesis here but I doubt you are interested . By ''uneducated'' i referred to your working-class style of responding to the arguments. My point is very clear - playing on in such position is disrespectful towards your opponent. I have never denied the importance of psychological factors in chess but get real! In that position, how can white possibily lose it? And claiming that he played Kg3 and the move should stand is in my opinion is poor sportsmanship - it has nothing to do with one's standard of play. It is common sense that he was analysing rather than making the move on the board, since he felt the actual game was over! I am greatly surprised that the appeals committee asked for the game to be continued...really really surprised! Also, I am curious...when you see Ivanov, does he still say hello to you?