Author: Miguel Arrospide
Date: 11:22:14 01/11/00
I have been following the discussions about Kasparov and Hsu. Some people seems to miss the point. The point is that Kasparov is afraid. Is Hsu asking Kasparov to play a match for FREE? No. So then what's the big deal. Let's say Chessbase asks Kasparov to play a match with Fritz 20 for 2 million dollars . Do you think Kasparov would turn that money down? of course not. Rememeber Chess history. When unreasonable demamds were placed on the challenger (such as collecting a big purse) it was done because the Champion was afraid that he might lose. Lasker did it to Capa. Capa to Alekhine. Alekhine to Capa. Botvinnik with his rematch clause did the same to the others. Kasparov is one of the greatest chess players ever, but he is afraid. Kasparov could have said to Hsu. Ok Ill play with your machine for $2 million but he chose to ignore the challenge. Lots of people accussed a few years ago IBM of not being "willing" to finance another match. Yeah Right....! After Kasparov call them a cheat. I like Kasparov but I can not defend his behavior anymore. He tried to change FIDE for his own advantage. He found the PCA and then some other Association and then abandoned them. He did not like Campomanes but then he made up with him when it serve his purposes. He was a sore loser when he lost to IBM. He wanted a rematch and now he refuses. He did not want to play Shirov.etc. etc. We need some Champion like Max Euwe really bad.
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