Author: Soren Riis
Date: 02:53:39 03/16/00
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Perhaps one should consider including a new facility so one besides Kasparov style, Karpov style, Polgar style etc. also have "Boris Becker style". It should be as easy to implement as implementing a random generator. Surely Kasporov must be better in Tennis than Becker is in Chess. On March 15, 2000 at 19:10:43, Michael Cummings wrote: >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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