Author: Terry McCracken
Date: 14:02:01 04/23/05
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On April 23, 2005 at 16:13:29, Mike Byrne wrote: >On April 23, 2005 at 16:04:23, Rolf Tueschen wrote: > >>On April 23, 2005 at 15:21:12, Terry McCracken wrote: >> >>>22.04.2005 A week ago Garry Kasparov was attacked in Moscow, by a young man >>>posing as a chess fan who wanted his chess board signed. Now it turns out that >>>the incident was captured, by two cameras from different angles. Apparently some >>>people may have known it was coming. Here are the pictures and Kasparov's >>>commentary. >>> >>>http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp?newsid=2344 >> >> >>The logic of this "apparently some people knew it was coming" is flawed. This >>was (after Kasparov's own words) a meeting with young people and it would have >>been surprising if nothing would have been recorded. I knew it from the first >>second that Kasparov would be trying to get some honey out of the event. But his >>mentioning of Putin is just hilarious nonsense. Kasparov never was and never >>will be some expert politician. He's way too occupied with his own ego. > >Of course, we knew after the DB fiasco that he was no politician. He simply >does not how to play the game. > >Botvinnik and Euwe were masters away from the chess board. And you know this how? Do you think politicians are more stable than Kasparov? Did you know Botvinnik? Did you know Euwe? Of course not, so you insert your negative and sarcastic opinions regardless.
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