From: Bernhard Haug <b.haug <at> MED <dot> UNI-GOETTINGEN <dot> DE>
Date: 12 dec 2002
Subject: Re: Proposal

Dear list members,

seeing all these mails, that Larry's post ignited, and re-considering 
his wording, I am not quite sure, whether he just tried to make a 
joke of the heated debate ???????

Bernhard

>     With all the recent talk about ranks, ratings, tournament fairness, etc., ...
>     I'd like to make a proposal.  I think it's time to settle the
>     questions .... by actual play, not by talk.

>     At present there are four serious contentenders ...: Gert Schnider, 
>     Eric Cheymol, Boris Mirnik, and Stephen Lamb.

Didn't he purposely omit some of the most prolific contenders?

>      for the title of "Absolute European Champion"?  
                           ~~~~~~~~~~
>      Larry Kaufman, amateur 5 Dan
> 


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