Another Thank You to GM Bassem Amin

GM Bassem Amin played 7 games this morning, I got to see the last two, he offered a draw in one of them, but Rybka had given itself an advantage, so it wasn't taken. This is the hard part, when to take a draw when you are observing the game. Often, when GM's are low on time, they will offer a draw as well, but I have to observe the sort of set rule that the computer should play on as it's often flagged as well, it cannot offer draws in this situation.

However, IF I'm observing, and the position is locked and hopeless for either side, I will accept or offer a draw. Like I wish I was observing the 240+ move game in the earlier post so as to avoid pointless moving back and forth by the computer even. I would have offered the draw much earlier....since TW isn't played very often anymore, I don't feel like watching it as often, it's no fun to sit there a month and not have a game. I understand that some GM's and IM's with a high enough rating to play TW don't even want to risk one point, hey, they DO have the chance of gaining 31 for a win and 15 for a draw for that 1 point, but still they won't play. If I was in that situation, I would play like 5 games, risking 5 points, only to gain them back in just one human vs human game. But I am not a 3376+ rated player :)
Although it would be cool!

I'm sorry I haven't updated much, I have been having more health problems than usual. Just yesterday, I found out with all I've been through already, polymyositis, diabetes, knee surgery, kidney stones... maybe add Congestive Heart Failure to the mix. I visited a pulmonologist to check why I get so short of breath so quickly, I thought it might be my lungs, but she said she detected what I guess is called an S3 Gallup in my heart. Getting ready to look that up after the post, so I have a lot on my plate, hopefully it will turn out to be nothing, what's sad, is I was already denied Cardiac Rehab by the Indian Health Service..I had also been complaining of heart flutters for years, but was told it was just a pvc and everyone gets them now and then. They were the main cause of my anxiety, you have that happen, adrenaline rushes through your body and you get scared, naturally. I've had stress tests..echo cardiograms, but nothing like an S3 Gallup was mentioned. Also, I hadn't had any coffee that morning, so no caffeine. But like I say, I will try to have a positive attitude and hope that it's not the case. One day at a time.

But again, Thank You GM Bassem Amin, for keeping TransWarp active, it had even fell off the rank list because of lack of games...kind of sad. I tried even doing unrated games for those rated above 2800 or 2900, I can't remember now, but no one even took that up, the first time, I had the formula wrong, and NECF-InSchools (Jorge Sammour-Hasbun, who had won the previous two Dos Hermanas tournaments, until falling short this year,) got to play rated games even though below the -700 limit as did a 400 rated player. I then got the formula right, but no one would play then even, unrated. They wanted only, it seems, to play and get 32 pts for a win while risking nothing. I don't know. I just know I tried to let high rated players who don't make the formula able to play unrated, but no one did. So I just went back to the regular formula.

So I really appreciate Bassem Amin's loyalty by playing some games now and then. I really appreciate it. He's a cool guy and if in the mood, might chat now and then with me, which a lot of GM's won't when I just say Thanks, I appreciate the games.
Which I really do appreciate! :)