Author: Sune Fischer
Date: 17:23:39 02/03/03
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On February 03, 2003 at 19:56:08, Rolf Tueschen wrote: >On February 03, 2003 at 19:19:10, Sune Fischer wrote: > >>On February 03, 2003 at 18:47:45, Rolf Tueschen wrote: >>> >>>I doubt that he has room for such thoughts. Eternity is already assured. That >>>doesn't depend on the actual show. But I fear Garry is misinterpreting the >>>importance of these hundreds of thousands of dollars. Let's speak it out. >>>Compared to his real importance such a sum is a joke. Hollywood actors get 20 >>>million dollars. Tiger Woods gets Garry's sum every three days. Nobody really >>>cares what Kasparov does in that 28th floor in that Athletic club. Freaky at >>>best. That is the sad truth about chess in the USA. So Garry is happy that he >>>can write on the internet for millions of chess playing experts in Russia! But >>>USA is just the site with the money source. Sad but true. Semi-famous people are >>>engaged to attend the event and they do it like another talk show gig. It's so >>>sad. >>> >>>Rolf Tueschen >>> >> >>I agree with that, of all the countries USA is probably the smallest chess >>nation, but N.Y. seems to be a center for these activities, tradition maybe..? >>;) > >You mean the stock market and the Dow Jones? That's why Garry must always come >to NY. :) No I was thinking of the other computer match (GK-DBII). Garry wants this to be a rematch, so it has to be at the same location or it probably doesn't "feel" right to him, or perhaps it's just easier to create that mass hysteria in N.Y. that a proper man vs. machines match requires. -S.
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