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

Author: Robert Hyatt

Date: 17:54:07 05/03/00

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On May 03, 2000 at 19:08:32, Mogens Larsen wrote:

>On May 03, 2000 at 18:24:36, Robert Hyatt wrote:
>
>>There was _never_ any term in the signed contract requiring them to make the
>>printouts public.  He asked, on the spur of the moment, and they first said
>>"sure" but then thought better of it.  I see no problem with that.  Because he
>>asked for something outside the written contract, in a public forum, on a
>>microphone, rather than in writing...
>
>I believe there is a problem. If you back down on your word it's disrespectful
>IMO. Especially since it's not just any chessplayer. They should have had enough
>sense to think it through before confirming.
>
>Best wishes...
>Mogens


No answer they could give would have been acceptable.  (1) we need time to
think about it.  (2) we refuse.

But in reality, he asked for output for two moves in game 2, IIRC.  These were
provided within a few days. They were published in the NY Times, in fact.  He
later decided he wanted _all_ output.

There was no reason to provide them.



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