Author: Robert Hyatt
Date: 13:57:04 11/11/98
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On November 11, 1998 at 14:31:09, Ed Schröder wrote: >>>IMO you simply give a guy like Garry Kasparov a re-match out of >>>respect. He asked for it so you give it to him. Shame on IBM! Note that's >>>some different than shame on Deep Blue. They did a fantastic job. > >>>- Ed - > > >>you really blew that response badly... based on one word: "respect". >>Why would IBM have any "respect" for Kasparov now? He called them >>cheaters at a press conference... Personally, my "respect" for Kasparov is >>down to zero, and still falling. I'd certainly consider Karpov, whom I have a >>*bunch* of respect for however... > >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. > humiliating yes, and *exactly* what he deserves... I mean he did stand up in public and accuse them of cheating... in front of lights and cameras and journalists... So etiquette has already gone out the window on his part, which leaves me little room to fault Hsu and company... >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. > >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. > >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 - steam off is ok. Accusing someone of cheating is something else. How would you have reacted if Anand directly accused you of having someone behind the scene helping Rebel beat him? I'd bet your perspective would have *instantly* changed... Mine would (and did)...
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