Author: Pete Galati
Date: 20:41:46 09/03/01
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On September 03, 2001 at 16:15:13, Lawrence S. Tamarkin wrote: >This is an interview given from Soren Seagaard, from the excellent chess reviews >site: http://seagaard.dk/review/eng/content/index.asp where they interview >Alexander Münninghoff, the author of "Max Euwe - The Biography". > > >SS: >"Thank you for taking your time answering these questions, what are your plans >for the future? Are you going to write more books?" > >AM: >"Yes, but I think no more about chess. I find the chess world less interesting >as there are too many tournaments and encounters, which inevitably leads to less >drama in chess. A win or a loss have less impact on the topplayer, who hops >constantly around the globe from one tournament to another. But I have other >subjects in my mind and I am sure that you, if your reading is not confined to >chess literature, will hear from me again." > > >Perhaps there is too many tournaments, too many top players, and too many World >Chess Champions, for some of the more helpful sponsor's and/or media, to do any >more good, because with so much of this aready, nobody really cares - Especially >in the United States? (my comments). Chess fanatics in general can be a tiresome bunch of people. Chess isn't the best outlet, something more human than Chess and computer Chess is needed. >To try to stay on the topic of computer >chess - Perhaps the match coming up between Deep Fritz & Kramnik, is happening >with just the right passage of time, (Since Deep Blue vs. Kasparov), to still be >fantastically interesting for the public (especially the Western public). > > >Larry S. Tamarkin Perhaps. The Deep (& Deeper) Blue match has so much impact that it might have stiffled Computer vs Human Chess games more than it actually helped the field. That's a shame. On the other hand, it gave computer Chess momentum, and developed a great deal of interest in the field. So we should just deal with what it was, as a very significant piece of history, and move on, because it's more than time to move forward, and the coming match shouldn't really be compared all that closely to the match between DB/Kasp. Pete
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