Author: george petty
Date: 11:40:00 01/11/00
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On January 11, 2000 at 14:22:14, Miguel Arrospide wrote: >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. Nonsense! wake up, get in the real world. Think about it if you were in Kasparov's shoes. There's more to it than what is on the surface. Think!
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