Author: Pete Galati
Date: 18:49:46 10/11/00
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On October 11, 2000 at 19:29:28, stuart taylor wrote: >On October 11, 2000 at 19:09:00, Albert Silver wrote: > >>On October 10, 2000 at 23:37:05, Pete Galati wrote: >> >>>Fischer, Fischer, Fischer. He's not worth talking about. The guy is so close >>>to not existing in the Chess world, that it's not funny. And aside from some of >>>his rantings, he's never really existed in the computer Chess world at all. >> >>Didn't he play a few games against some version of Greenblatt (or some odd name >>of the sort) back in the 70s? >> >> Albert >> >>> >>>But I'm sure that if he applied his energy towards it, he would do well against >>>computers. But I'm also sure you won't see that happening. >>> >>>Pete > >Yes, he is also a very stubborn fellow about certain issues. I've finally gone >off him upon hearing some of the recordings, even though they are entertaining, >but that doesn't mean he's a wonderful person. > But why not get rid of that mysterious aura around him by challenging him with >Fisherandom once and for all? > Or perhaps has he been invited many times, but won't accept any imaginable >sum of prize money? Is that the problem? (against man and/or machine). >S. Taylor In my opinion, it doesn't matter _what_ the problem is. He appears to me to be derailed. If all he's going to do now is play a match against Spassky every 20 years, well, that can't happen very often, and 20 years goes by just like that, but it takes a huge toll on you when it passes. And if that's all the man is going to do, Hmmmm, 1972-1992, so 1992-2012, so lets consider the chances that they'll both still be alive by then. But if you're figuring that somebody is going to put up large amounts of money to get him to show his face again, you gotta figure the guy isn't doing such a good job of promoting his image. IMO, no computer or software company in their right mind would sponsor such a thing, because the reason you sponsor something is so that you can profit from sponsoring the event. But any Jewish person who's aware of his rantings will take a dim view of the company that puts up the money, not to mention several people who are not Jewish but are offended buy his behavior. So I really don't think the money exists. Pete
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