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Subject: Re: GM Kasparov vs X3D Fritz Predictions...

Author: David H. McClain

Date: 08:13:54 11/10/03

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On November 10, 2003 at 10:44:53, Tony Werten wrote:

>Nobody took the 2-2 yet ? I'll take it. Kasparov wants to make sure he can take
>this money again next time, so a draw is best. Just like the last few times.
>
>Tony

Tony,

The 2-2 is so obvious that everyone is looking for an outcome that is
impossible.  I would like to see the Chessbase contract for this match:

$100,000 per game plus Gary's expenses, guarantee to play to a draw (not to be
told to the public).  Then Chessbase and X3D will check the TV ratings and
project if their Christmas sales estimates were accurate while hoping the public
thinks the match was for real.

Chessbase would of course like to have X3D win but Gary would have none of that.
 It's bad enough when he has to explain why he could "only" draw with a Quad
Opteron! :)  Let's give Gary some credit for being a fine businessman and the
best player in the world but I was a day time born baby but I wasn't born
yesterday....... :)

Then there will be hours of analysis with hundreds of "should haves" and "could
haves," followed by everyone analyzing the games with their own programs, then
everyone will load the games on their web sites for download.  And in the end it
all still comes out bullshit......  :)



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