Re: 1st Season Terminator TSCC - Queen's Gambit - 5 star poll - SPOILERS AHOY !

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Joetheone <joetheone@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>"William George Ferguson" <wmgfrgsn@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>>>I'm not competent enough at the game to comment on whether the queen
>>>sacrifice was realistic, though.
>>
>> There are Queen sacrifices (there are potential sacrifices for every 
>> piece,
>> except the King), but competent players tend to really examine the
teeth 
>> on
>> that gift horse.  Proffering a Queen sacrifice that is accepted, and
then
>> checkmating in two moves, is completely unbeliavable at that level.
>>
>>
>> -- 
>More unbelieveable than killer robots from the future? 
>

Yes, because while I'm not Lasker or Capablanca, I know enough about chess

to know what is reasonable. I don't know any about killer robots from the 
future except that they are universally programmed to make a killer 
oatmeal cookie in accordance with the sixth law of robotics, and so far 
they haven't violated that on the show.

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