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Subject: Re: Kasparov simply did not deserve to be playing again..

Author: Drexel,Michael

Date: 04:41:28 11/14/03

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On November 14, 2003 at 07:26:29, José de Jesús García Ruvalcaba wrote:

>On November 13, 2003 at 20:03:45, Mike Byrne wrote:
>
>>On November 13, 2003 at 19:57:22, steven blincoe wrote:
>>
>>>..lost to Deep Blue
>>>...drew all matches with Fritz(including a "tank" draw offer in a won position)
>>>..no longer the World CHAMPION
>>>only claim he had ( to be the one representing us mere mortals against the
>>>silicon monster)was his 2830 rating (which he clings to like a school girl
>>>clings to her virginity)
>>>
>>>now at least he MUST  play for a win or he wont even grab the 25k prize to draw
>>>if he had won today,my guess is,he would have immediately offered draws for the
>>>remaining two games..picked up his 200k pay check(150 k just to show up,50k for
>>>winning)and laughed,all the  way to the bankski
>>>now at least he must win a game
>>>perhaps this will put the "fight"back into him
>>>
>>>nuff said..
>>>steveski
>>
>>
>>kasparov still has pull , but I agree I would like see another GM, specifically
>>I would like to see Yasser Seirwan , Judith Polgar or Karpov.  I think they
>>would all win.  I think Fischer could win too.  If they got Fischer, that would
>>be a real coup and draw millions to watch.
>
>Seirawan, Karpov and Fischer are way too old for this kind of challenge. Even
>Kasparov is somewhat old. I would definitely prefer to see Judith Polgar or some
>other young top grandmaster against the machines.
>My dream event would be an Scheveningen tournament pitting five or six top
>grandmasters against the same number of top programs.
>José.

I would also prefer to see Judith Polgar getting badly smashed by the machines.
:)

Michael



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