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andyburnett Wrote:27 players on 3/5 and I have to play my brother? Are you serious??
I'm really not impressed with this at all.
Another reason why I hate computer generated draws!
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Sounds like a simple fix via feedback of the software - the computer generated draw software could include a field for things like relative in a future update?
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Round 5 blog now available (also linked from the homepage)
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Doesn't sound right at all...
A very enjoyable Chinese Dragon from Clement today :-)
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I remember 3 years ago we had Grant V Grant on the top board!
"How sad to see, what used to be, a model of decorum and tranquility become like any other sport, a battleground for rival ideologies to slug it out with glee"
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Jonathan Livingstone Wrote:Sounds like a simple fix via feedback of the software - the computer generated draw software could include a field for things like relative in a future update?
Been saying this for years, getting programmers and FIDE to listen is a different matter...
"How sad to see, what used to be, a model of decorum and tranquility become like any other sport, a battleground for rival ideologies to slug it out with glee"
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andyburnett Wrote:George Neave Wrote:I know Andy Burnett was always going to struggle with his concentration today against Tanya Sachdev (all the pics of her on the blog is bit of a giveway :x ). Even so that collapse at end today really was a bit of a shocker
Hey! The 'collapse' was one bad move George (...f5, a miscalculation) after I decided to play for the win (I could probably have 'repeated' with ...Kh7!?).
So true Andy. Your blog write-up explains all. Bad luck for you but great entertainment for us.
...and ... btw ...Alan B is right about the pics
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Andy Howie Wrote:andyburnett Wrote:27 players on 3/5 and I have to play my brother? Are you serious??
I'm really not impressed with this at all.
Another reason why I hate computer generated draws!
Wasn't there a case a few years ago of an American brother and sister being drawn together in a tournament in Scandinavia? And the result was a 14-move capture-less stalemate?
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