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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple style='word-wrap:break-word'><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b>From:</b> extropy-chat <extropy-chat-bounces@lists.extropy.org> <b>On Behalf Of </b>Brent Allsop via extropy-chat<br><b>…</b><br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [ExI] Chess robot breaks opponent's finger<o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>>…I love this group, so much fun… Brent<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Me too Brent. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>That story about the robot breaking the Russian kid’s finger made the rounds on my chess news sites. Of course with that crowd they wanted to see if the game was recorded, so they could offer critiques of the quality of play up to the time of the attack, after which the boy likely resigned.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>The whole episode reinforced what a lot of us have long known: chess is a cruel and heartless game.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>spike<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal>On Sun, Jul 24, 2022 at 11:46 PM spike jones via extropy-chat <<a href="mailto:extropy-chat@lists.extropy.org">extropy-chat@lists.extropy.org</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p></div><blockquote style='border:none;border-left:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 6.0pt;margin-left:4.8pt;margin-right:0in'><p class=MsoNormal><br><br>-----Original Message-----<br>From: extropy-chat <<a href="mailto:extropy-chat-bounces@lists.extropy.org" target="_blank">extropy-chat-bounces@lists.extropy.org</a>> On Behalf Of<br>Stuart LaForge via extropy-chat<br>Subject: [ExI] Chess robot breaks opponent's finger<br><br><br>>>…Hey Spike. This made me think of you. :)<br><br><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2022/jul/24/chess-robot-grabs-and-breaks-finger-of-seven-year-old-opponent-moscow" target="_blank">https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2022/jul/24/chess-robot-grabs-and-breaks-f<br>inger-of-seven-year-old-opponent-moscow</a><br><br>…<br><br>>…I hope the little commie recovers quickly and completely. Then never tries<br>those sneaky Russian countergambits again.<br><br>spike<br><br>_______________________________________________<br><br><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></blockquote></div></div></body></html>