Author: Mike Byrne
Date: 05:44:28 03/31/05
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On March 31, 2005 at 07:22:50, Terry Giles wrote: >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 Agreed, but Kasparov antics sealed the decision. Michael
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