Author: Robert Hyatt
Date: 06:11:31 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. Kasparov _definitely_ attended the press conference after game 2. There is no doubt about that. He also attended the one after game 1. And after game 3. I simply don't know about games 4 and 5. He definitely attended the one after game 6. He definitely suggested that DB cheated. After game 2. Again after game 3. That is why he wanted the output, supposedly... He wanted the output to prove whether DB made those moves or not. Which was silly for all the reasons I have already explained in the "can you prevent cheating" discussion...
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