Author: Thomas Logan
Date: 06:23:16 04/27/05
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On April 26, 2005 at 15:59:11, Steven Edwards wrote: >On April 26, 2005 at 13:14:57, Pedro Gomes wrote: >>On April 26, 2005 at 11:10:03, Steven Edwards wrote: > >>>Lack of public games does not equate with fakery. Yes, it was not a symmetric >>>relation as the Deep Blue team had all of Kasparov's past games. But Kasparov >>>knew this prior to signing the match contract. Apparently the lack of public >>>games didn't bother him then; his whining and false allegations shouldn't bother >>>us now. >> >>We couldn´t see it in this intrview, but I thought the principal problem (from >>the human standpoint) was the changing of Diep Blue´s playing parameters between >>games - some kind of changing of peronalities - wich were happening without >>Kasparov´s knowledge, and wich confused him, because his opponents was emulating >>many diferent styles. Am I wrong ? > >I'm sure that issue was covered in the match contract. In computer chess events >for nearly three decades prior to the event, adjustments made between games were >permitted. Kasparov knew what he was doing, particularly in the second match >after his experience with the first. > >Kasparov is being a sore loser and is unhappy because he didn't get a third >match and the money that would have come with it. He's appears to be trying to >help draw attention to himself for his political asperations that have nothing >to do with chess, and he's making Valdimir Putin look good by comparison. A little sympathy for Kasparov Yes Kasparov is whinning. Defeat is very hard for him to take but that is what served to make him the great player and competitor that he was. I think this can be overlooked considering all the years he has given us pleasure with his games and competative nature Personally I believe his retirement a great loss for the chess world Tom
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