Author: george petty
Date: 16:01:03 01/10/00
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On January 10, 2000 at 17:18:49, Peter Kappler wrote:
>On January 10, 2000 at 16:16:29, Robert Hyatt wrote:
>
>>On January 10, 2000 at 12:03:23, Peter Kappler wrote:
>>
>>>On January 10, 2000 at 09:14:13, Robert Hyatt wrote:
>>>
>>>>On January 10, 2000 at 07:32:44, Vincent Diepeveen 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
>>>>>
>>>>>Thanks. I read a number of things in it and miss a major thing
>>>>>
>>>>>What i miss:
>>>>> - did kasparov get offered money, and if so how much?
>>>>> kasparov will dead sure play if he gets some dollars.
>>>>> learn me how chessplayers are! They're all addicted
>>>>> to money. No price fund garantuee, no match. Dead simple.
>>>>>
>>>>>What's obvious:
>>>>> - Hsu says he needs a sponsor to rewrite Deep Blue to
>>>>> an other design that's cheaper and commercializable.
>>>>> Well i would love to get money to professional develop DIEP
>>>>> too! Of course he's not gonna get much money for free to
>>>>> develop deep blue. It already has won from Kasparov. And what
>>>>> non-academic here beliefs that in a rematch over a lot more
>>>>> games that deep blue makes a chance against Kasparov? Deep
>>>>> Hsu has a high risk to FAIL. This is not worth the money.
>>>>>
>>>>> - Hsu doesn't write how much money he asked from the sponsors for
>>>>> himselve.
>>>>> If Hsu just needs 30,000 dollar to live from. 100,000 dollar
>>>>> to buy some software and hardware needed to make a CPU. And
>>>>> 100000 to test the CPU, then we talk about other numbers as
>>>>> when talking about many millions just to make a chip.
>>>>>
>>>>>This open letter, for which we thank Hsu he writes it, basically says
>>>>>something about something obvious: it's hard to find money.
>>>>>
>>>>>Saying that Kasparov refused i don't find fair without saying the exact
>>>>>conditions which he declined.
>>>>>
>>>>>Vincent
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>I totally disagree. For the first match (and the rematch) when Kasparov was
>>>>approached, he agreed to play but then put conditions on the prize fund. In
>>>>this case, he didn't even ask... just "not interested". It was obvious that
>>>>the last match wore him out. I doubt he wanted to face a possibly stronger
>>>>machine the next time and go thru it again.
>>>
>>>
>>>Amir's latest post paints a slightly different picture.
>>>
>>>--Peter
>>
>>
>>Doesn't Kasparov's words _always_ paint a slightly different picture? Hint:
>>see the press conference after the last game in the last match. Not to mention
>>the ones in the middle. hint 2: cheating.
>
>
>I just think it's not as black and white as Hsu's letter depicts. I really
>don't believe that Garry has categorically refused to entertain further rematch
>offers. My guess is he doesn't have faith in Hsu's ability to find a sponsor.
>I'm certain that if the money is right, Kasparov will be there.
>
>--Peter
VERY TRUE PETER, I AGREE
GEORGE
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