Author: Alastair Scott
Date: 12:41:57 07/31/03
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On July 30, 2003 at 18:58:39, Mike Byrne wrote: >He then played d5 and when he returned as I was reaching >for my knight to play the messy complicated Na5 line he rather nervously asked >me if I had a rating. I replied 2084 and he, not looking very happy, asked why I >didn't write it down in front of the board next to my name. I replied that no >one asked me too and that the Belzberg people knew my rating and only today OK >my playing since I am a client. He then stated that if he had known I was rated >that highly he would have played differently rather than getting into a very >theoretical line. Being aware of the 2000 cutoff I again appologized for the >misunderstanding and we quickly realized that the Belzberg staff had erred in >not telling people to write down their ratings (these were different people than >from the NYC event). I simply stated "I'm sorry for the confusion, I won't play >" and started to get up and Garry, reiterating that he'd have played differently >vs a rated expert, started resetting the pieces to the starting position and >said we can restart. This silliness is almost unbelievable, and reminds me (in a negative way) of a simultaneous I took part in a long time ago in Central Scotland against the late Tony Miles. There were no histronics, no conspiracies, no problems; he took on everyone, including several 2200+ players, and scored 26 wins, no losses and no draws with what seemed to be the greatest ease. It's little wonder he was so highly thought of (and, it seems, Kasparov is losing what regard he had). Alastair
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