Author: Terry Giles
Date: 08:12:50 03/11/05
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On March 11, 2005 at 09:00:01, William Penn wrote: >On March 11, 2005 at 06:49:00, Steve B wrote: > >>On March 11, 2005 at 06:41:44, Ted Summers wrote: >> >>>Thanks to Fischer there came Big Money to Professional Chess. Karpov, Kortchnoi, >>>Kasparov, Short, Anand, & Kramnik were able to benefit from it. Now with >>>Kasparov gone will any of the remaining Chess Professionals be able to draw such >>>high wages. >>> >>>I for one don't think so, however I know that this remains to be seen. >> >>i have a strong suspicion we have not seen the last of Kasparov's playing >>something tells me if he is offered big money to play a match against a human or >>a computer he will play and be armed as usual with new novelties in the opening >> >>i have followed his career for 25 years >>i have never seen him turn away from money,the only differnce today is he will >>require big money >> >>Steve > >I had the same initial reaction, but on reflection now believe he has probably >retired completely. He may write some books and be involved in business >ventures, but his playing days are probably over. It makes sense, and is the >dignified way to recognize that one's brain has lost too many neurons with >normal aging. Attempting to keep up former levels of play would only cause >increased stress on the system. As for whether his successors will make as much >money, it probably depends on the personalities involved. Some probably will, >some won't. >WP Kasparov says that he will continue to play chess, he just won't play at the competitive professional level. He has no interest whatsoever in the world chess championships but he intends to occasionally take part in rapid play tournaments and special invitational events. He has achieved everything he has aimed for in professional chess and now wishes to concentrate on his writing and political interests. Terry
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