Author: Robert Hyatt
Date: 18:52:02 05/03/00
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On May 03, 2000 at 20:53:43, stuart taylor wrote: >On May 03, 2000 at 18:15:01, Robert Hyatt wrote: > >>On May 03, 2000 at 16:48:09, Pete R. wrote: >> >>>For those who made an issue out of the date of Kasparov's comments in the thread >>>below, I present you an article from a speech only a few weeks old: >>> >>>http://www.clubkasparov.com/serve/templates/folders/show.asp?p_docID=4954&p_docLang=EN >>> >>>Same old tune. Again there is the tantalizing hint that he is looking to repeat >>>a match of this type. Clearly he can't have reconsidered negotiations with Hsu, >>>can he? Hsu sounded like he definitely moved on. I would love to hear him >>>clarify what steps he is taking to bring a match of this type about. Sounds >>>like O.J.'s quest for the "real killers". ;) >> >>But that's only your own (albeit-educated) judgement about the greatness of >Deeper Blue and of its win being deservable. But why DID deeper blue team >refuse what Kasparov demanded? And wasn't his demand just? And doesn't any >human deserve his optimum psychological conditions if his results are to be >just? > Stuart Taylor Do you _really_ think that had Kasparov won, that he would have sat down with the DB team and laid out what he was thinking, etc? Do you think that after any big-ticket match like that, that the winner sits down with the loser and gives him details about what he was thinking, planning, how he thought his positions were at various points in the game, etc? Doesn't happen. As far as conditions, Kasparov dictated _every_ aspect of the match. Including some that were completely ridiculous. He was in no 'psychological distress' that was caused by the DB/IBM people. Any things he didn't like about the conditions can safely be blamed on the person he sees in the mirror each morning. Since IBM gave him everything he asked for in pre-game contractual agreements... He dictated the terms, he signed the contract. Then after losing, he complained about the conditions that he, himself, demanded. totally sane? >>To paraphrase Mimi in the Drew Carey show, >> >>"he has spewed so much bullshit, he had to start a second pile." >> >>:)
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