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Subject: Re: Kasparov simply did not deserve to be playing again..

Author: Terry McCracken

Date: 07:44:32 11/14/03

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On November 14, 2003 at 08:02:04, steven blincoe wrote:

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>>But you haven't included any of his great achievments, and the list is very
>>long!
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>>BTW no one becomes as _great_ as Kasparov, if they didn't _love_ the game!
>>
>>Yes money plays a role, it does for _all_ GM's and IM's but to be the best,
>>money alone can't get you there, that's a fact!
>
>love of game,being great,dedication ,etc,etc has nothing to do with his being
>noble
>the man is not noble,not even close
>and yes ,i could go on and on,siting more examples of his boorish ,less then
>generous,poor loser behaviour , because the record of his less then noble
>actions is about as long as the list of his chess victories
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>>Is your "Weeds" and "Thorns" analysis noble?
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>>No, it's not!
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>no its certainly not noble, but i do not claim that my comments about Kasparov
>are noble..they are only the truth.
>
>his noble actions were actually sited as reason alone for his deserving to play
>Fritz yet again
>
>i think not..
>Steve

Forget all that, he still has the right and the chess world mostly agrees,
whether he's a scoundrel or a saint, it makes no difference.

Terry



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