Author: Pete R.
Date: 16:39:45 06/28/00
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On June 28, 2000 at 19:17:34, Mogens Larsen wrote: >On June 28, 2000 at 19:06:41, Pete R. wrote: > >>Becker was billed as a "serious chess player", and ended up whipping out his >>queen on move two or three as I recall. ;) I have a hunch that Sting may be a >>more studied player, but who knows. A great many people play casually at about >>Becker's level, it takes a higher interest in the game to actually study it. My >>guess is that Sting will play a bit better, and perhaps better than his >>bandmates. Should be fun. > >Kasparov should have challenged U2 instead. Bono is supposedly a very good >chessplayer AFAIK. > >Best wishes... >Mogens Hmmm. If you believe this is based on fairly reliable information, it would be worth suggesting to CK. These celebrity challenges are kind of fun, and any such publicity is good for the game. As a matter of fact I recently heard an interview with David Spade (an American actor) on the radio where he was talking about how he loved the Searching for Bobby Fischer movie since he was a local chess champion in his city. In fact he challenged anyone else in Hollywood to a game. :)
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