Author: Sune Larsson
Date: 15:45:07 11/27/05
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On November 27, 2005 at 18:14:15, Albert Silver wrote: >While I do not mean to besmirch Uri's chess ability by any means, he is not a >master. It is easy to talk big, and even easier when you hide behind Internet >anonymity and have engines and chess material (databases, etc.) to back you up. > >All that talk about "having more RAM than you would believe", Fruit's passivity, >and of course his ease, not in one game but in general, to beat it, does NOT >sound like the talk of a genuine top player. It sounds much more like someone >trying to convince others they are blasé about their strength. The problem is >that real super strong players are usually confident enough in themselves to not >need such talk. That type of presentation is usually that of insecure people. You've got a clear point here. Boosting about oneself is a sign of insecurity - feelings of lacking something. But as I recall, he called himself a patzer and *not* a GM... So when you call him a "fraud" - you must refer to something else?! /S > >I'll tell you straight out. In my opinion, if he was a GM who had really wanted >to discuss the engine's perceived faults, I think the first thing he would have >done would be to establish his strength and status in no uncertain way, and then >explained the issues he found with the engine. That way the focus of the >discussion would be on the topic and not himself. There would NOT be all those >games on who he really was, and was he as strong as he suggested. > >I think he was a fraud. > > Albert
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