Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site bbncc5.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!philabs!prls!amdimage!amdcad!lll-crg!seismo!harvard!bbnccv!bbncc5!akhanna From: akhanna@bbncc5.UUCP (ATUL C KHANNA) Newsgroups: net.jokes Subject: Re: World Chess Championship rigged? Message-ID: <1085@bbncc5.UUCP> Date: Thu, 7-Nov-85 11:51:42 EST Article-I.D.: bbncc5.1085 Posted: Thu Nov 7 11:51:42 1985 Date-Received: Sun, 10-Nov-85 15:36:11 EST References: <1027@oddjob.UUCP> Reply-To: akhanna@bbncc5.UUCP (ATUL C KHANNA) Organization: Bolt Beranek and Newman, Cambridge, MA Lines: 16 In article <1027@oddjob.UUCP> matt@oddjob.UUCP (Matt Crawford) writes: >The match rules are apparently more biased than anyone thought. >Not only does the current champion retain the title in the event >of a 12-12 tie, but also if the challenger wins by a margin of >only half a point. Is it possible for the challenger to win by a margin of half a point ? I thought each game was worth one point, with the players splitting the point evenly in case of a draw - in which case it doesn't seem possible. -- Atul C Khanna BBN Communications Corporation, Cambridge, MA