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Subject: Re: Chessbase News = Kasparov for the Oscar?

Author: Robert Hyatt

Date: 07:17:28 01/28/04

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On January 27, 2004 at 22:13:53, Mike S. wrote:

>On January 27, 2004 at 10:36:33, Robert Hyatt wrote:
>
>>On January 27, 2004 at 10:26:32, Aloisio Ponti Lopes wrote:
>>
>>>On January 27, 2004 at 08:41:03, José Antônio Fabiano Mendes wrote:
>>>
>>>>     Please see ==> http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp?newsid=1443
>>>
>>>This is ridiculous...
>
>>As is ChessBase for giving it _any_ attention at all...
>
>The verdict is a bit harsh :-) because I think, it's good for chess in general
>and here for computerchess too, when a top chess player appears in such a
>documentation. This doesn't happen often. It can bring new fans to chess and
>computerchess, disregarding different opinions about facts of the match and K's
>performance etc. It's obvious that everybody will (and should) express his very
>individual view of all that in such a film.
>
>For the insiders, it may be a chance to see some scene VIPs known from the
>internet. I hope it will appear on local tv after some time (I don't assume that
>in will be played in cinemas outside GB though... chess audience is too small).
>
>Regards,
>Mike Scheidl


The problem is, is this going to turn into an Oliver Stone - type debacle of
agenda-based movie-making?  Or is it going to be factual and unbiased.  Somehow
I just can't see it being the latter...



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