Author: Hans Gerber
Date: 13:41:52 06/28/00
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On June 28, 2000 at 11:35:27, KarinsDad wrote: snip >One thing you should consider. Kasparov's knowledge of the intricacies of chess >is so advanced that even most grandmasters cannot understand his ideas. As proof >for this statement, I point out an interview (sorry, I do not have a link for >it) by GM Joel Benjamin (who worked on the DB team) in 1998. Joel said that >Kasparov's knowledge is beyond Joel's just like Joel's knowledge is beyond that >of your average Expert. > >With this in mind, moves in given positions could SCREAM cheating to Kasparov >whereas other GMs might not notice at all. Since you and I are not at that level >of understanding, is it just possible that DB was SO good that to Kasparov, it >HAD to be cheating (regardless of whether that occurred or not)? I tend not to >want to judge things I know very little about. > >KarinsDad :) For the first time here I read something that speaks of the same I had in mind when I always tried to invite people to at least accept that Kasparov might have reacted only out of his chess understanding and _not_ out of all kind of bad characters, or lack of character what exactly Pete R. had told us. R. Hyatt even called Kasparov a jerk and outright liar which is by far exaggerated IMO. To remain politely. Kasparov's reaction during game two and afterwards is a very serious, authentic and honest reaction. If he had thought about all the implications his ennemies would construct he surely would have not spoken. This alone, his disbelief, his astonishment is so honest that IMO the DB team should have reacted like scientists. After they didn't Kasparov was caught in a loop of suspicion. He simply could no longer trust 'them'. Not because he had proof that they had cheated him but because they had treated him unfairly and unfriendly. It was said that Kasparov is very human. Yes, that is the reason why that psycho war was successful. He believes in the supernatural, the magic. He is not a cold-blooded machine. Nor a rational scientist. The question remains if it was a psycho war on purpose or just scientists incapable to follow their own standards. If Mr. Schroeder is right and it was just about 'money' then perhaps some behavior is explainable. Hans Gerber
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