Author: Sally Weltrop
Date: 14:37:34 07/17/03
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On July 17, 2003 at 16:47:31, Uri Blass wrote: >On July 17, 2003 at 15:53:27, Sally Weltrop wrote: > >>On July 17, 2003 at 15:40:12, Sally Weltrop wrote: >> >>>On July 17, 2003 at 11:19:52, Russell Reagan wrote: >>> >>>>On July 17, 2003 at 02:02:50, Sally Weltrop wrote: >>>> >>>>>>Why would he play for $100,000 when he is already a millionaire? >>>>> >>>>>WHy take an appearance fee then which he does everytime at these events? >>>> >>>>Because there is always someone willing to pay it? The fault of that lies not >>>>with Kasparov, but with the organizer or whoever decides to pay it. Do you mean >>>>to tell me that if your boss told you that you were going to start getting >>>>thousands of extra dolloars for just showing up that you would refuse that? >>> >>>it's because they know that GK wouldn't even think of appearing without an >>>appearance fee, plain & simple >>>> >>>> >>>>>>What's with all of the "last stand" crap? Who does he owe anything to? >>>>> >>>>>Owes to himself and his mouth because consistently he has been proven wrong in >>>>>trying to beat the comps in a match, excuses,excuses. >>>> >>>>He could use some humbling, no doubt, but I don't see that he owes anyone else >>>>anything. If he owes something to himself, as you say, then it is none or your >>>>concern, or the concern of anyone else on the internet, but you see these kind >>>>of "Kasparov should take a last stand for humanity" crap type postings on the >>>>internet frequently, which indicates that you and others think he owes you >>>>something, not himself. >>> >>>he doesn't owe me nothing. Who am I. He's the one with the mouth and always >>>making lame excuses OR just in it for the money and then saying,"It's us verse >>>the machines. >> >> >>I mean look at the drawn match verse Junior. He states, >> >> "From a personal perspective, I still think I'm capable of beating machines. >>When I played Deep Junior in New York I was under very heavy pressure - and I >>had less than 2 weeks of preparation. I think I was dominating the match before >>I chose to go for a draw. What was positive was that it was human mistakes that >>actually helped the machine to tie the match. When I played good moves I was >>dominating. It was my big mistakes that changed the match." >> >>so we see here, I only had 2 weeks, blah,blah, whine,whine,whine. Read further >>abouth the mistakes,... like I kind of think that is a factor in any match so >>drop that line. >> >> >>Now let's look at the DB match. >> >>Human intervention! That looked ridiculous. >> >>his latest escapade was RADJABOV beating him in the Linares 2003 tournament: >> >>http://www.geocities.com/MIGHTORS1/Radjabov/kasparov-Radjabov_linares2003.html >> >>More excuses, more pride. >> >>Remember in a game he touched a piece with Polgar and then in his OWN self-worth >>never followed through and do the right thing. Polgar had enough repsect for him >>that she didn't complain about it. > >only one correction. > >The problem in that game was not denying the fact that he touched a piece but >the fact that he left the knight and later took it back to put it in another >square. Oh, ok, it was a while ago, thanks for the correction. See, I even made an excuse,heehee. > >Uri
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