Author: Mike Byrne
Date: 20:46:30 04/23/05
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On April 23, 2005 at 17:02:01, Terry McCracken wrote: >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. You don't have to know people to get a sense of what they are. We have news, films, film clips, books , newpaper articles, history channel and of course the CCC forum. Should I send you a picture of my chess books, I have over 300 and I have every one. If you have read anything about Botvinnik and Euwe you would know they were master politicians - Botvinnik was openly Jewish in a country where being Jewish at the time was not consider to be good for your career and he was one the few Jews that was ever admitted to the Communist party in Russian. Trust me, A Jewish person had to have great political skills to get invited to join the USSR Communist Party. Max Euwe was President of FIDE for 8 years and during that time he travelled to over 100 countries. That sounds like a politician of master skill to me. My comments about Euwe and Botvinnik were not sarcastic or negative at all. I was trying to be complimentary. With respect to Kasparov, I like him as a person and at one time in my life we stood within 3 feet of each other. I have seen him talk in person and he can be charismatic when things are going well. I gave seen video of him when things do not go well, and he is not very charismatic then and I would say he is lacking to the skills necessary to be a top flight politician. There is nothing wrong that -- most people do have not the skills either. But as far Chess players go -- from what I have read, I think Euwe and Botvinnik had the top political skills of the professional chess players. Best, Michael
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