Author: Pete R.
Date: 13:42:27 03/15/00
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On March 15, 2000 at 16:36:17, Frederic Friedel wrote: >I saw a report on CNN in which Kasparov was playing an Internet game against >Boris Becker. It was part of an hour-long program on CNN and CNNfn's "In the >Money" and could be followed in the KasparovChess.com playing zone. Kasparov was >in the CNNfn offices in New York, Becker in a CNN TV studio in Munich. > >Unfortunately I cannot find the game, even on the KasparovChess site. Anyone >have it? I only saw that it started 1.e4 e5 2.Qh5, and Kasparov (White) was out >of book. Without even looking at the game score it should be obvious that Becker was playing the white pieces. :) KC had billed Becker as a "serious aficionado" of chess, and the look on Kasparov's face when presented with a move like 2. Qh5 from a supposed "serious aficionado" must have been priceless. :) Maybe they aborted the game immediately at this move. :)
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