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Subject: Re: Long live Kaspy!

Author: Otello Gnaramori

Date: 07:42:29 01/31/03

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On January 31, 2003 at 09:48:30, Aloisio Ponti Lopes wrote:

>On January 31, 2003 at 05:06:15, Otello Gnaramori wrote:
>
>>I admire Kaspy since he had the courage to challenge DJ in its field, no boring
>>anticomp tricks.
>>It's like St. George against the Silicon Dragon in my personal vision, an hero
>>of our times...long live Kaspy!
>
> You're forgetting the US$700,000, of course...
> Kasparov in my opinion is the mercenary of chess. I can't forget that Pepsi
>advertisement he did a few years ago, just for the money. Ask someone like
>Kortchnoi to do that, and you'll see a different opinion. I agree that Kasparov
>may still be the best player, but talking about principles... he's got none.
>
> A. Ponti

I didn't consider the financial aspect, since also Kramnik and other top players
don't play for free.
I was just considering his extraordinary approach to this event, and I think he
deserve respect for this.
I hope he doesn't change his usual style of play after this game.
Probably Kaspy wants to demonstrate to the world that also without particular
tricks the comps are beatable.

w.b.r.
Otelo




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