Author: Bruce Moreland
Date: 09:55:01 11/17/98
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On November 16, 1998 at 09:49:29, Robert Hyatt wrote: >I wouldn't argue. But when he made a statement about DB being locked away >with GM's hovering around, both in match 1 and in match 2, wouldn't you say >that was nothing but "sour grapes"? IE if he didn't like it in match 1, >wouldn't/shouldn't he make that an issue resolved by contractual agreement >before match 2? > >Or do you suppose that he (a) got whacked and (b) then enumerated every possible >thing that he didn't like (and which he never suggested changing either) to try >and make it look like the deck was stacked against him? IE when we played David >Levy in 1984, if we had won I wonder if he'd have raised all those same issues? >I somehow doubt it. We wanted to play *him* and not the other way around, so >he dictated how we had to operate (terminal to machine in one room, the game >in another, to keep distractions down. Lost a lot of time for us, but we agreed >to it. Kasparov could have done the same... But it was only important *after* >the fact as an excuse... Maybe he didn't think it through very well because he expected them to be less competitive. Another difference between those matches is that Levy knew you and had seen your machine operate. He knew what you were about, and he knew what Cray Blitz was about. I don't think Kasparov had as much prior information. bruce
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