Author: Rolf Tueschen
Date: 03:12:44 10/16/02
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On October 16, 2002 at 05:59:38, bryan whitby wrote: >Ask Kasparov and Karpov to swear on their mothers grave that they have't been >paid by computer chess companies to not play at their full strength when playing >matches against computers and I bet they would not be prepared to answer the >question. Soviet chess players are noted for throwing games for cash, just ask >any chess historian. Read Hartston for example. It's a common history worldwide. Look, cash is what it's all about. Or would anyone swear that the 1979 monsters who even knew no castling would be a danger for the GM? So! The same thing then was repeated over and over again. Both Karpov and Kasparov did it. And Kramnik did it too - before his terrible accident in the desert... But it's not fraud! Without preparation even a GM can't win against computers just by passing by. But why should they prepare when it is expected that they are paid for a commercial message? I could never understand that logic! It's not that they played "weaker". They played what they did on every average simul exhibition. As for poor Kramnik, who did lose not only his memory but almost all his life, read here the great secret report with pictures and all: http://hometown.aol.de/rolftueschen/topsecret.html Rolf Tueschen
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