Author: Michael Cummings
Date: 16:10:43 03/15/00
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On March 15, 2000 at 18:56:35, James Robertson wrote: >On March 15, 2000 at 16:42:27, Pete R. wrote: > >>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. :) > >Actually, Kasparov had this move played against him earlier at an exhibition >game (by a weak player), and the game result was a draw! > >James It TV, its entertainment. I am sure that the only one taking the game seriously was, kasparov, only in order not to look like a fool in a publicity stunt.
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