Author: Dann Corbit
Date: 14:51:14 02/03/03
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On February 03, 2003 at 17:45:13, Aloisio Ponti Lopes wrote: >1) He's got money problems - there's a bank asking for his money after his site >has been closed. > >2) He's older now, and can't calculate as accurate as he did ten years ago. At >the age of Kortchnoi, he would probably be demented or dead. > >3) He lost his beloved World Champion Title, and he's not as strong as Botwinnik >to fight back his title. > >4) He loves money, but he is much cheaper than Fischer. Fischer would not fight >against a computer for less than US$5,000,000. > >5) He doesn't have any character at all. He admits to be kicked by a Pepsi >machine if you pay him. > >6) He was defeated by a multi-processor computer once. Probably he's got a >"post-traumatic disorder" since that defeat. > >7) He's capable of anything just to defend his intentions. Remember that "PCA" >organization? > >Come on guys, this guy is a joke, and a bad, bad one... He is almost certainly the strongest human chess player in the world. If not the strongest, definitely in the top three. I don't know if he is the best person in the world to play against a computer, but against a human nobody is better. As far as "a bad joke" is concerned -- I am pretty sure that nobody who posts or reads here can beat that same configuration. Kasparov has won a game.
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