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Subject: Re: Next match no appearance Fee for Kasparov, do or die

Author: Terry McCracken

Date: 20:52:57 11/19/03

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On November 19, 2003 at 12:25:21, Jim Bodkins wrote:

>On November 18, 2003 at 21:46:45, Terry McCracken wrote:
>
>>On November 18, 2003 at 21:07:44, Jim Bodkins wrote:
>>
>>>On November 18, 2003 at 18:50:35, Lois Winters wrote:
>>>
>>>>then we won't have anymore fixed matches, Uri you have convinced me.
>>>
>>>You are misstaken, this wasnt a match. It was a product promotion. (Several
>>>actually). Purely business. Who should care about such things in anycase.
>>>
>>>CB created what looked and walked and talked like a duck ... but it wasnt a
>>>duck. At least NBA players actually compete while they promote. (Tennis and golf
>>>are the same for example). Chess, not so much. So they resort to pure sideshow.
>>>
>>>... and I have no intention of buying whatever they were selling. (Including
>>>GK's book).
>>
>>So it wasn't a match, just fixed?
>>
>>Well it is troll night, at CCC...yawn..
>
>Hmmm, I remember you. :( I said what I meant, not what you implied, and without
>insults.  It was promotion that involved 4 games of chess. That isnt a match. It
>is a promotion that involves 4 games of chess. You see, the NBA actually
>sanctions games. Who was it that sanctioned this? ESPN? ... and they are .... ?
>Honestly, Utzinger has more authority to sanction a computer chess match.

Sorry it's such a horrible memory...I know what this is all about, you don't
have to inform me or us.



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