Wednesday night the Sounders rode the strong technical play of Fredy Montero and Osvaldo Alonso to a 4-1 victory.
Quite simply, Martínez refuses to compromise when it comes to style and his contempt for those that eschew technical play is palpable.
Occasionally, though, that quest for the overtrick produces some good technical play, as in the diagramed deal from a 12-board fast pairs on Bridge Base Online (bridgebase.com) on June 30.
Karapet ruffed and made the correct technical play in the trump suit: he crossed to the club king and finessed the heart jack, preserving the possibility of a second finesse if West had begun with a small singleton.
Riddles (1994) revealed a route that might have become promising for him - more emotionally intense and less overtly technical playing on an interesting world music/fusion repertoire - but Another Standard in 1996 was a personal landmark.
Defeat was cruel on Ethiopia coach Sewnet Bishaw, who impressed with their technical play but lacked a cutting edge in the final third.
For most consumer and SaaS businesses, it's a level technical playing field.
In a less enthusiastic review, BBC Music's Eamonn Stack wrote that even though the thrash musicianship is evident, the edge has been "sacrificed for the sake of speed and technical playing".
Technicals played heavily on the market last week, as the Standard & Poor's 500, the Dow Jones industrial average and the Russell 2000 Index were each rejected at their respective 50-day moving averages on lighter than average trading volume during the holiday-shortened week.
"Our technical players played really well.
