Author: stuart taylor
Date: 18:17:00 02/03/03
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On February 03, 2003 at 18:57:30, Rolf Tueschen wrote: >On February 03, 2003 at 17:51:14, Dann Corbit wrote: > >>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. > >Eduard Nemeth wins more. > >Rolf Tueschen That's exactly my question. Would Nemeth not also have a fighting chance? and what about others who are better than him against computers, but nowhere near Kasparov in general chess? S.Taylor
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