Author: Harald Faber
Date: 03:18:30 03/16/00
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On March 16, 2000 at 05:23:36, Mogens Larsen 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. > >I would like to believe that I would have played a better game or lasted longer >than Becker given the opportunity. But I must say that I find the ridicule aimed >at Becker unwarranted and slightly pathetic. Being a fan of chess doesn't mean >keeping up with the newest opening theory. None of us expected that. But the Bob-Brett-note made us believe that Becker at least knows some essential rules. He does not, maybe he knows the rules for moving pieces. >Best wishes... >Mogens
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