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Subject: Re: Kasp. "excuse " is probably valid

Author: Andreas Guettinger

Date: 02:52:34 11/15/03

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On November 14, 2003 at 14:23:46, Roger D Davis wrote:

>On November 14, 2003 at 11:34:32, Lois Winters wrote:
>
>>.
>
>Yes, but there are times where excuses are excuses, and there are times when
>excuses are valid. One of the posters below said that Kasparov had headaches in
>both games. Clearly he can't complain about Chessbase or X3D, because if he does
>that, he angers the sponsors and causes the product to fail. It would be the
>ultimate "anti-endorsement."
>
>Imagine the headlines: "Kasparov loses match to Fritz X3D due to 3D Headaches"
>That would be followed by sentences like: "Former world champ Gary Kasparov lost
>to Fritz X3D today. Kasparov complained of headaches caused by the 3D
>technology. While 3D has come a long way, clearly it isn't ready for prime time,
>judging from the champ's performance."
>
>It would be the kiss of death for this product.
>


According to this theory Fritz will have to blunder the to remaining games or
else the product will not sell. If this happens, for sure the game was faked.
:-)

regards
Andy



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