Author: Amir Ban
Date: 04:01:29 01/15/00
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On January 14, 2000 at 00:38:58, Peter W. Gillgasch wrote: >I had the chance of seeing him and Murray losing under totally outrageous >circumstances to Fritz 3.1 at CUHK. The guys have been the favourites for >the tourney, they have been under extreme pressure due to their affiliation >with IBM, due to the fact that it was planned to sign the arrangments for >the first match versus Mr Kasparov during the event, FHH was under extreme >pressure because the chip was not yet fabbed etc. > >The guys - and especially FHH - have been absolutely stoic about it. FHH >didn´t even have an angry face... Murray looked a bit helpless :) I have >a hard time to believe that this guy can lose his temper at all !!! > Losing in such a situation may lead to all kinds of emotional response, but anger is not one of them. Anger at yourself, perhaps (that's the best response, but I didn't see this in them). This doesn't reflect on Hsu's ability to be angry or belligerent in other situations. But I think I read in your words something beyond that: That they were entitled to be angry at their opponent for beating them ? Here they were, with the big project, clear favorites to win the tournament, with a press conference tomorrow about a Kasparov match, and the opponent doesn't even have the decency to lose. Amir
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