Author: Mark Ryan
Date: 10:56:20 03/11/05
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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 Not that Kasparov is a saint, but I have seen him turn away from money. After the Chernobyl disaster, Kasparov and Karpov both agreed to donate all of their prize money (from their ongoing World Championship match) to the Chernobyl relief efforts - - it was a big sum too. Also, Kasparov has made charitable contributions very quietly to various programs. I agree, however, that he has probably not burnt his bridges behind himself, and he might be tempted to return for a variety of reasons. Mark
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