Author: Mike Byrne
Date: 18:51:46 04/17/05
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On April 17, 2005 at 12:50:08, Rolf Tueschen wrote: -- nonsense You and Kasparov do not understand how Corporate Amercia works. IBM Corporate could not have cared less if they won or lost -- they were doing this for PR -- period. IBM Chess team wanted to win, that was obvious. When Kasparov challeged IBM Chess team publicly of cheating, KASPAROV KILLED THE GOLDEN EGG AND BIT THE HAND THAT WAS FEEDING HIM with IBM Corporate (not neccessarily IBM Chess Team). It is that simple. Fortune 50 companies never want any bad PR period and especially if they are the paying for the PR. They were paying Hsu and his team, they were providing the sponsorship and match awards. They were paying for the hotels, etc. It was their money. If I was IBM Chairmen, I would have said that's it too. Not because that Kasparov is acting like an ass or because IBM won, but in Corporate America , you do not things that are publicly embarrassing or could be perceived in that light. Kasparov's accusation was indirectly an accusation against IBM Corporate as well - Kasparov post match actions nixed any possibililty of a rematch immediately. Kasparov acted liked a horse's ass after he loss which is not totally uncommon for him when he loses. People understand that, most World Champions do not like to lose and are not on their best behavior when they do. Part of problem is that Professional Chess is and has been so corrupted at the top orgnization level anyway and Kasparov was used to operating in that kind of a corrupted enviroment. He was either given bad advice by his handlers or he simply did not think of how IBM would react to his serious accusation. He became non-grata with IBM as soon as he made the accusations. In essense , his last move was very bad - just like a bad chess move - because he did not think ahead of the all the possible outcomes and consequences.
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