Re: Fischer's death again begs the question: Why is there no chess on TV now?

Quoting  David Kane <davidekane@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>:
>"David Damerell" <damerell@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message 
>>At what point in a football game is the position definitely drawn, such
>>that neither team might score a final goal, but it remains possible to
>>"toss a coin" and let one side win?
>The teams agree that if the score is tied and there is one minute left
>they toss a coin. Loser gives up a goal.

Who's tossing this coin and communicating the decision to all the players
in considerably less than a minute, none of whom will blab or decline to
participate in the fiddle?

>That strategy, though illegal and contrary to the tradition of the s****t,
>has a positive return with the scoring systems used in many soccer
>leagues.

West Germany v Austria, 1982 World Cup, is (an example of) another problem
with your argument that this sort of thing does not happen in football and
therefore would not happen in chess.
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David Damerell <damerell@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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