Author: Terry Giles
Date: 04:22:50 03/31/05
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On March 31, 2005 at 07:08:58, Mike Byrne wrote: >On March 31, 2005 at 06:19:48, Tony Petters wrote: > >>http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/programmes/outlook.shtml >> >>A very interesting RADIO interview. Kasparov is still stating IBM would not >>turn over the data and that DB was just a PR machine ! >> >>The interview is long, but interesting. >> >>Cordially > >GK says what he wants you to believe. The truth is, the all the logs for all >the games have been on the web for quite some time. Why is it that the two best >chess players of the last 40 years have a hard time dealing with the truth and >telling the truth? > >Will somebody please send him a link to the logs and tell him to ...never mind, >it will not do any good. > >Of course, he is right about the PR aspect. After all, that is what sponsorship >is about. Corporate sponsors put up the money to get PR. When Kaspaorv played >Deeb Blue, Kasparov put up nothing, and IBM footed all the bills and the prize >money. Yes, they did this for PR ....duhhh! Does GK think IBM did this because > GK is a nice guy? I don't think so. For somebody as smart as he is looking at >moves ahead in a chess game, did it never occured to him that if he bit the hand >feeding him (IBM), that IBM would pulled the plug. If you read Hsu's book, he >implies the decision for IBM not to offer a rematch and to dismantle Deeb Blue >was essentially made when GK first went on accusatory tirade shortly after the >match. He turned the good PR into bad PR with those unfounded accusations and >essentially pulled the plug on Deeb Blue and ended IBM's gravy train that he was >the beneficiary of. He has nobody but himself to blame for IBM pulling the >plug. He helpmated himself by being a fool. > >DeepBlue Logs Link > >http://www.research.ibm.com/deepblue/watch/html/c.shtml > >Michael Hi Mike, Whilst I largely agree with your comments I'm not convinced that IBM would have offered Kasparov a re-match, they would have had nothing to gain and everthing to lose. IBM had after all achieved all they wanted in defeating the world champion and as to their decision to dismantle Deep Blue, well sadly it only helped to re-kindle the flames of conspiracy. Terry
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