Author: Andrew Williams
Date: 03:53:00 05/12/00
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On May 12, 2000 at 05:41:31, Hans Gerber wrote: >On May 11, 2000 at 22:10:49, Robert Hyatt wrote: > >>On May 11, 2000 at 19:38:36, Hans Gerber wrote: >> >>>On May 11, 2000 at 17:37:02, Robert Hyatt wrote: >>> >>>>I don't know where you will find a transcript, although I am sure such must >>>>exist somewhere. But most anyone present can confirm that Kasparov started >>>>with the 'comments' after game 2. That was when he asked for the printouts >>>>as he was convinced something was 'wrong'... >>> >>>Are you sure that there had been a press conference after game two where >>>Kasparov participated? You stated that he made public accusations about >>>cheating. >> >> >>There was a press conference after _every_ round. That was where he asked >>for the printouts. After round three he went 'further' again. I noticed in >>Hsu's book that after round three, Kasparov was still fuming about game 2 and >>used the expression "Hand of God" about one of the two moves (either axb or >>Qb6/Be4, I don't remember which). At that point, after round 3, I believe >>he was told "no" for the printouts. I will try to re-read the postscript >>version of Hsu's book as I believe he had a detailed description of the events. >> >>From my perspective, _any_ suggestion of cheating was wrong... whether it >>was after game 1, after game 6, or a year later. There was _never_ any >>evidence to support such a claim, in any form... > > >Excuse me, but for the moment we have no proof that 1) Kasparov attended the >press conference after game two and 2) Kasparov made public accusations against >the DB team and IBM about cheating. > >Therefore it is not proven that the decision to not give Kasparov the prints was >rightly based on his provocant behavior in public. This was exactly what you had >stated in one of your articles. As we have F. Friedel present perhaps we can get >more details. I think this is what Ed Schroeder provided in a message a couple of hours before yours: http://www.icdchess.com/forums/1/message.shtml?110294 Is this what you meant? Andrew
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