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Andy wrote on Sun, Sep 10, 2006 10:50 PM UTC:
'1) If you, or others, find games such as Western Chess, Chinese Chess,
Go
or others so rewarding then why are you not spending your time with these
games instead of (apparently) wasting your time on this web site looking
at and arguing about other game(s).'

Specious argument.  Admiration for one game does not preclude interest in
others.  Do you read only one book for lifetime, listen to only one
symphony?  These are not very intelligent arguments you make.

'2) You use the word “chaotic” to describe Dragon.  It is my opinion
that
the greatest challenge (and hardest work) and greatest achievement (and
reward) of the human mind is to bring about order from chaos.'

So the more chaotic the rules of game the better?  You apparently have no
concept of clarity and elegance in gaming.  Argument by demagoguery.

'3) Of the millions of games of Western Chess, Chinese Chess, Go etc.
not
one individual game (even amongst those played between Fischer & Spassky
or Kasparov & Karpov) has generated the excitement of, for example the
book “The Lord of the Rings”.  Dragon gives the opportunity to do so.'

Argument is specious because excitement is relative.  You presume to
speak
for chess fans level of excitiment at seeing great chess??  Extreme
arrogance.  Many chess fans have found games more exciting than
second-rate work of literature that many have found boring.

'4) Unlike TigerChess (to which I would again refer you), Dragon is
written
for the few and not the many as the purpose of the game is to produce
quality and not quantity.'

More arrogance and elitism.  Besides, I find TigerChess not significantly
better game than Dragon.

'5) I quote from Bobby Fischer (in the opinion of many the greatest of
Chess players) when speaking of Western Chess (in the opinion of many the
World’s greatest of games) – “Chess is dead”. '

And since Fischer (mentally unbalanced person, by the way) said this,
chess has grown in popularity and in number of master tournaments and
very
rapidly in number of female players.  Is fastest growing game in China
and
India.  No one who follows current chess would make ridiculous statement
like this.  Is demagoguery.

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