Author: Thorsten Czub
Date: 13:32:07 11/11/98
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On November 11, 1998 at 14:31:09, Ed Schröder wrote: >Sure Kasparov has a temper. He did badly. But that's not the point. I am >pointing at IBM one of the biggest companies on earth. >They made the match a fantastic spectacle. Even now we are still talking >about the match all matches. They won and this shocked the chess world. >It's against all chess etiquette not to honor the request of Kasparov for a >revenge match. I find this quite a humiliating treatment for the current >best chess player on earth. IMO ed is right. it is against the etiquette NOT to give anybody a rematch, even if the guy is an asshole. >If Vishy Anand asks me for a re-match I say YES no matter if I am in >the mood for it or not. I say YES and I will make sure it will happen. >That is simply the price you have to pay when you have won. It's >an obligation based on chess etiquette. Right. >If you play against such giants then take the etiquette into account. >Anything else is showing no respect. In this light shame on IBM >lacking respect to world's best chess player and therefore also >a slap in the face to the whole chess community. IMO. confirm. >About temper... Kasparov lost, Anand lost. Both by surprise. It wasn't >expected. We all have seen the face of Kasparov on television when >he lost. I have seen Anand's. It's their worst nightmare losing from a >computer. :-))) >So let them steam off. It means nothing! IBM knows. I know. It's no >big deal. It's no excuse for IBM not to play again. > >- Ed - right.
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