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Subject: Re: Open Letter by Hsu: Kasparov does not want a rematch

Author: Bas Hamstra

Date: 07:53:03 01/10/00

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On January 10, 2000 at 05:36:32, Tom Kerrigan wrote:

>On January 10, 2000 at 03:00:18, Charles Milton Ling wrote:
>>But the stigma this letter leaves Kasparov can now wear like a medal next to his
>>move correction against Judit Polgar.  What a champ.  Yes, he is the strongest
>>player in the world.  No cause for celebration.
>
>And rightly so. Who in his right mind would request a rematch for two years, and
>decline when it's finally offered? There is no dignity in his actions. I respect
>him for playing chess well, but I still think he's a tool.
>-Tom

You mean he is not human, but a man-looking machine? A chess tool, in the end
available to everyone, as soon as the bugs are removed?


Bas Hamstra





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