Author: stuart taylor
Date: 22:43:08 10/11/00
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On October 11, 2000 at 21:49:46, Pete Galati wrote: >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 I think that is about correct! Though perhaps even the first 20 years wait was alot to do with money. Now?! S.Taylor
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