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Subject: Re: A beauty prize should NOT have any blunder !

Author: Sally Weltrop

Date: 07:37:48 03/11/03

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On March 11, 2003 at 05:46:04, Mike Byrne wrote:

>On March 11, 2003 at 05:15:54, Jorge Pichard wrote:
>
>>A beauty prize should NOT have any  blunder, and should be considered a beauty
>>only on the merit of being a hard fought game, where forceful combinative play
>>and originality are the main ingredient. This indeed was an insult to the
>>greatest genius of all times in chess.
>>
>>http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp?newsid=851
>
>Agree, the only thing worse than awarding a most beautiful game prize to the
>Kasparov-Radjabov game, is Kasparov's public reaction to it.  Kasparov has
>repeatedly and publicly displayed  that he has "no class" and I don't care to
>hear excuses how this was an insult, that is still no excuse for his reaction in
>such a public setting.  If he wanted to stew, he should have stewed in private
>and not ruin the event for everyone else, especially for the 15 year old
>Radjabov.  Radjabov did nothing wrong , except play to best of his ability and
>he has to endured this childish outburst from a grown man?   Kasparov is one of
>the worse sore losers that has ever played chess and IMO, that makes him a loser
>in the game of life.
>
>It's time to go home now Garry, your mommy is calling you.
>
>As mentioned in the story, the good news is that nobody will ever have to worry
>about losing to the 15 year old Radjabov after today...
>
>....He turns 16 tomorrow.

I think if GK in a dignified,respectful manner responded to this he would have
gotten a hearing ear in general in the chess community. With this outburst it
only cements his being the greatest sore loser of all time!



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