Author: Mark Young
Date: 07:27:25 08/10/98
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On August 10, 1998 at 09:48:37, Fernando Villegas wrote: >Morovic-Ferret Postponed until September >I regret to communicate all of you that Ivan has just called me to say that it >is impossible for him to play now as much as his problems with his home removal >are not solved, so he is using all afternoons to look for a new flat and so has >not the time neither the stamina to play now. He promised, nevertheless, to do >it around middle September, after returning a tournament in Europe, but then he >expect to play at most 4 games against ferret, not 6. He is very thankful to all >that people that has offered even more money, although he insist that he would >do it the same without a penny. >I personally regret very much all this as much as I kindled some sparks of >enthusiasm and expectations about, but my effort to persuade Ivan to play >anyway, no matter the problems, was not enough and he refused sternly. I am >sorry and in the very fringe to reach the same conclusion that so many people >reach each time they try to organize something and then fail, the conclusion >encased in that old saying about how better is not do endeavor nothing in order >not to risk nothing. >fernando I'm sorry that the match will not be played yet. But the postponed match and the cutting in the number of games in this match does not suprise me. What would suprise me would be if he plays the match at all. It would take a lot of guts for him to play a computer like ferret. But I'm sure the more he thinks about it the more he thinks it was not a good idea to agree to the match. As he is not sure if he can control the game against a computer that strong. And the risk to his ego would be to high if the computer plays well with so little pay off. Look at the hits GM Anand and GM Kasparov had to their egos after losing to computers. I think GM Morovic will stear clear of this at all cost.
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