Author: Graham Laight
Date: 05:03:08 02/10/03
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On February 10, 2003 at 07:59:59, Graham Laight wrote: >On February 10, 2003 at 07:47:01, Jeroen van Dorp wrote: > >>On February 10, 2003 at 07:31:49, Graham Laight wrote: >> >>>* Kasparov has not played a computer in a match of this type since DB in '97 >>> >>>* in the meantime, one of the hottest topics was, "how good was DB really?" >> >>No it wasn't. It was the hottest topic *here*. For the rest of the people it was >>just another interesting fact like "can we see planets with other stars?" or "is >>it possible to build a bionic man?". >> >>> >>>* therefore, this is the first direct comparison. It could hardly be more >>>important >> >>It could hardly be more important *here*. For the rest, it's as important as any >>media event regarding sports, if you leave out baseball, basketball, football, >>soccer, tennis, golf etc etc.. > >Well - *here* is the place where I'm making my complaint - so it's no problem. > >>> >>>* oh - and by the way - millions of people were following the game on the web >>> >>>* one other minor little thing - millions of people were watching it on TV. It >>>was the first chess event to be televised in about 30 years - so the players >>>should have put on a good show for the crowd. They didn't. Forget the idea that >>>any TV producer will stick their neck on the chopping block again to televise >>>chess anytime in the next 30 years >>> >>>DJ and GK have done a GRAVE disservice to the game. The match ended as a draw. >>>Chess ended as the loser. >> >> >>Then where are the bad reactions? I only saw them where the chess afficionados >>gathered, like on Internet. For the rest "normal" people watched and said "gosh, >>how interesting, a world champion playing a computer." > >If they were watching, the must have had some sort of interest in the game - >even if, for some, it was only a passing interest. Even at only a low level of >interest, I feel sure that they will not have been impressed by the premature >draw. They will have, wrongly, assumed that they were watching some sort of >competition. > >>Don't mix your own obsession with computer chess with the casual interest of >>those millions watching. >> >>> >>>People everywhere will be tossing aside chess - and "getting a life". >>> >>>-g >> >> >>Very healthy, given your hyped reaction. Thank goodness at least those people >>have the capability to relativate. > >I'm not sure that "relativate" is a correct English word - but I know what you >mean. > >Speaking for myself (and other people I know), I had been looking forward to >this match for a long time. > >In the European time zones, the games were on very late - so I had to sacrifice >a lot of sleep to watch them live. Oh - and by the way - my partner Tracey found it difficult to understand why I was waking her up by going to bed so late. I kept telling her that it was a uniquely exciting and important event. I now realise what a stupid liar I've been. But I blame the players more than I blame myself. Thankyou DJ and GK for your cowardly selfishness. -g >Frankly - I'm finding it difficult to "relativate" - I am VERY angry. I, for >one, will not be buying a copy of Junior in the foreseeable future. > >-g
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