Author: Timmay
Date: 20:34:47 11/13/03
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On November 13, 2003 at 22:18:00, steven blincoe wrote: > >What a noble purpose! It seems to me that in itself earns him the right >>to sit in that chair aside from his obvious gift for the game. > > >whatever Kasparov has done for chess has nothing to do with nobility >it has to do with money..his money >whatever he could make for himself regardless of the consequences >not that that there is anything wrong with making money from his ability but >noble? > >was taking back the knight move against Judit ..noble? >the entire Grandmaster's association fiasco ..noble? >his getting back into bed with the the president of Fide(a murderer)noble? >his berating of the brilliany prize judges (after awarding the brilliancy prize >to a game he lost)noble? >his accusing the Deep Blue team of cheating(a view he still holds to this >day)..noble?? >his demanding to start a game over during a recent simul (because the player was >rated higher then the maximum rating for the simul participants)..noble? > >i can go on and on... > >i dont even think Kasparov himself would consider himself to be a noble person Neither of us were there when the event with Garry and Judit happened. However, Judit's stated many times that everyone over-reacted with what actually happened. Anyhow, I'm sure Judit can fend for herself. The GMA was too a noble intention. Though the result indicated maybe it was too big of a responsibility to take on at that time, he did it to retain the positive history of classical chess (he already was a multi-millionaire, money wouldn't be a primary motivator). He's led the initiative to help other grandmasters as well. Hmmm....getting in bed with president Kirsan. I'm not "quite" sure if that's an accurate portrayal of the current events.....grin. What I see is that Garry is upholding the contract he signed in good faith in the Prague Unity Agreements! Was Garry "in bed" with Kirsan when he cancelled the match with Ponomariov? He was quite peeved after that, but forged ahead without a big complaint for the greater good of the reunification. In Linares 2003, he DID go overboard. He completely over-reacted, I concur, you're right. But you and I both know he had a good point. There was nothing brilliant about that game. Radjabov was an inferior position the whole game until the last 2-5 moves where Kasparov blundered. All it was, was the "infallible" Kasparov being beat by an up-and-coming star. Anyhow, he publically apologized after that event. He's human after all. As far as starting over the game, it was clearly stated that those were the rules ahead of time (2000+). It was noble of Kasparov to continue to play him as opposed to have him kicked out by the tournament organizers for a clear violation of the rules. (I'm not picking on him, because it was the organizers fault actually, but my point is it was a violation of the rules which were known ahead of time at the end of the day, and Kasparov didn't object to play him still). As far as money is concerned, you can't hound him for being successful. He has an amazing work ethic, and is a shrewd businessman on the side of being a fantastic chess player. He's made himself successful by working hard. I personally think he's given more to chess then he's received. That's just my personal opinion on how he's affected me. "I don't even think Kasparov would consider himself a noble person." Come on now, you know that's a huge assumption based on nothing.
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