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Subject: Re: ok msnbc article

Author: Rolf Tueschen

Date: 16:02:14 10/15/02

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On October 15, 2002 at 18:45:35, Will Singleton wrote:

>http://www.msnbc.com/news/820304.asp
>
>With the prize money structured like it is, I would guess that this isn't a
>serious match.  Disappointing, this PR stuff.  But it fits nicely with how Fritz
>was selected.  And, if not a complete setup, at the very least Kramnik is just
>making it interesting.
>
>Still, the first four games were fun to watch, and the next two hold promise.
>The setup wouldn't require Kramnik to lose, so I'd guess he will play hard in
>game 7.
>
>Will

Thanks for the openmindedness. I know it's crazy to thank someone for expressing
his opinions but it seems as if you were the first programmer who had the guts
to open his mouth.

I think it's a bad thing that Eric Schiller must have done what he did to let
people think about the bad side of such show events.

Just take a look at what Kramnik said at the press conference today. No he isn't
depressed since it was such a wonderful game. Fine, but he simply missed the
point. He should prove that GM are able to go beyond the horizon of such
machines. He did that in all first four games. But now this is becoming
ridiculous. The impossible blunder present. Now the playable sac with no win
continuation. Kramnik is no longer taking this for serious! On Monday he told us
a story about his blunder that is simply untrue because impossible, today he is
dreaming of the potentially best game of his career, perhaps tomorrow he will
tell us that he played the whole game 7 with combinations he learned from
checkers...

I have the idea that he feels disgusted by people who insinuated that he had
prepared moves like Bf8 over months! As if that would be necessary against
Fritz.You know, Bobby Fischer felt disgusted too because of a population that
simply had no understanding for his art.

What remains - making jokes,taking the money and run as fast as you can.

Rolf Tueschen



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