Author: Will Singleton
Date: 22:53:38 02/03/03
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On February 04, 2003 at 00:39:05, Peter Kappler wrote: >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 Pete, I respect your opinion. It's certainly possible you are right, and I realize I'm in the minority. I'm not going to argue further, everyone can make up their own minds. Will
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