Author: Howard Exner
Date: 23:09:05 07/22/98
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On July 22, 1998 at 23:32:47, Fernando Villegas wrote: >Hi all: >Karpov is in my country in this very moment to play some games against chilean >GMI Ivan Morovic. Of course he was unmediately asked about chess computers, what >he thought about them and, believe it or not, in the very same day Rebel 10 was >giving a very hard task to Vishy, Karpov grinned and then said in the old >fashioned style GMI's used in the 80's about the same issue: "Chess >computers?...I am completely unworried about them..." He said that in such a >disdainful way nobody dared to ask more about it. I am waiting the end of the >match to see if Karpov -friend of Morovic, that is friend of mine- keeps the >same attitude and, if possible, if he accepts to take a lopk at the long games. >I shall try and I shall tell you. >Fernando It could have meant many different things. Maybe he meant it does not matter to him if they become strong opponents because it won't impact his tournament and match play in any way. Or he could have meant they are so weak that they are not worthy of comment. My guess is that he was referring to the former. Do some snooping around and get him to talk - we must know ! :)
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