Author: Peter Kappler
Date: 21:39:05 02/03/03
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On February 03, 2003 at 23:28:21, Will Singleton wrote: >On February 03, 2003 at 19:45:29, Peter McKenzie wrote: > >><snip> >>>A pity that you do not read. Show events are NOT a possible tool to calculate >>>the strength. And hard competition doesn't exist. That's it. I still hold >>>that comps are 2400 at best in fierce tournament chess. >> >>haha ><snip much laughter) > >Not the best debating technique. fwiw, I agree with Rolf. The games are >interesting, and I enjoy analyzing them with my program, but there is no real >competition here at all. It's not a sham, but it's not real, either. > >I was going to compare this to pro wrestling, but it really is more like boxing. > Boxing appears to most people as a legitimate competition, and sometimes it is. > But the way money is made is to divide the purses, sometimes over several >fights. Then there's the gambling aspect, which applies to both. > >It is a show, and the gullible are taken in. That's fine, I don't care that >much. It's obvious how to make it real, but that won't happen, there's too much >to be made on the show. If anyone believes Kasp and Kram were actually trying >their best in their respective matches, then there's nothing I can say to >change your minds. > >Will Will, I'm surprised. I expected this from Rolf and some of the other conspiracy theorists, but not from you. Kasparov is already a multi-millionaire. He doesn't need the money. Having watched him play for almost 20 years, I'm convinced that he is motivated by pride and ego *much* more than money. If you think Kasparov is intentionally playing bad moves to keep the match interesting, please point out the mistakes along with the clearly better move he could have played. I can only think of 32. Rh5 and 33. Ng6+, both from game 3, and the refutation is a fairly deep and complex line - the kind that even Kasparov can miscalculate. I think if you compare the quality of these games with the quality of his games against top-level GMs, you won't find much disparity. Finally, are you sure you're a strong enough chess player to make such strong judgments about the quality of his play? -Peter
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