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Subject: Re: "Techmate" by Garry Kasparov [02.22.99]

Author: Mogens Larsen

Date: 00:23:57 05/03/00

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On May 02, 2000 at 17:29:58, Fernando Villegas wrote:

>Hi:
>You know? It does not even make sense to lesson what Kasparov say off the board.
>The man is running wild. Of course, falling in the silly and childish fallacy to
>believe or make believe that HIS area of expertise coincides with the best and
>greatest intelectual achievements and endeavours of humanity is nothing but
>average kind of arrogance. My God! Just a song by the Beatles is more
>interesting and important for humanity than his best games. I suppose in almost
>every great player the same megalomania, more open, more hidden, but ever there.
>They should read what Alekhine thought about his craft, the sad musings he had
>about being expended all his brain power in something that, at the end, "was not
>more than a game". Sour, realistic words...
>Fernando

True. There's probably too many people around him, who's only purpose is to pat
his back and tell him how great he is. That would corrupt anyone's sense of
reality.

If we encounter an alien lifeform within the next years with the purpose of
destrying us, I doubt they'll settle for a chess match concerning the right for
global domination. They probably wouldn't supply printouts either :o).

Sincerely,
Mogens



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