Author: Steven Edwards
Date: 09:12:47 04/28/05
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On April 27, 2005 at 09:23:16, Thomas Logan wrote: >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: >>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 Perhaps. Yet ... It's acceptable for Kasparov to reture at his peak, but he continues to complain that Deep Blue's retirement was unfair, unsportsmanlike, and a crime against science. On another point: Fischer, despite all his ravings, has at least two points in his favor compared to Kasparov with respect to computer chess. 1. He played a three game match against Greenblatt's MacHack/Cheops system and didn't ask for a guaranteed appearance fee. 2. Fischer never endorsed a product that he didn't personally use; compare this with Kasparov's mugshot and signature appearing on a multitude of products (Saitek hardware). Did Kasparov have anything to do with the design, development, or testing? I rather doubt it.
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