Author: Vincent Diepeveen
Date: 11:28:47 01/10/00
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On January 10, 2000 at 09:21:59, Robert Hyatt wrote: >On January 10, 2000 at 07:20:31, Vincent Diepeveen wrote: > >>On January 09, 2000 at 22:39:32, Pete Galati wrote: >> >>>On January 09, 2000 at 22:21:25, Dave Gomboc wrote: >>> >>>>You can read the letter at http://www.chesscenter.com/twic/feng.html >>>> >>>>Your comments? >>>> >>>>Dave >>> >>>In a way it's a shame that it won't happen, but what it apears to me to be is >>>Kasparov just digging for publicity, and this pretty much unfairly drags Hsu >>>into it when his time could probably be better spent. >>> >>>Kasparov needs to stop talking and return to playing Chess, maybe defend his >>>fictitious World Chess Champ title or something, it's about ime he does that, >>>he's starting to apear more & more like Mr. Fischer every day. That's just my >>>opinion. >> >>If you offer a few dollars then kasparov is there. Seems to me that >>Hsu can't offer enough money to kasparov as he needs himselve also >>badly some money. You're in a vicious circle then. >> >>Kasparov is not gonna play on the condition that you will try to look >>for money. >>Hsu doesn't say anything about price fund garantueed by a sponsor if >>kasparov plays for world title. >> >>>Pete > >You miss the point... _Kasparov_ made the challenge and offered the world >title as a condition to encourage them to accept. Then he refused when his >offer was accepted. See the end of match 2's comments. It is pretty clear. IBM said they would hook up deep blue to the internet. I haven't seen anything come true of all those promises from 1997. I remember Kasparov also said he wanted to play on the condition that it was for the world title and treated as such (read money conditions). Vincent
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