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Subject: Re: Kasparov is not afraid: he's only the best.

Author: Lonnie Cook

Date: 22:07:07 01/10/00

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On January 10, 2000 at 23:37:45, Roger wrote:

>Then again, he knows he's the champ where humans are concerned, and he can play
>for the millions many times over during the next decade without playing Deep
>Blue again.
>
>But if he does play Deep Blue again, and he loses, doubt about whether he's the
>best dissolves, because the excuses are gone (he freaks out under the pressure,
>he just had an off tournament, etc), and now he's second best.
>
>That could throw a wrench into the millions that are GUARANTEED if he DOES NOT
>play Deep Blue.
>
>Why risk it?

Yeah, how true and he was the one making allegations of cheating and that he
wanted a rematch. He has opportunity to get the ball rolling and now he buckles!
Funny thing is he was all gun-ho for rematch when Deep Blue was gonna be used
for weather forecasting ...
>
>Roger
>
>
>On January 10, 2000 at 22:13:29, Luis E. Alvarado wrote:
>
>>On January 10, 2000 at 20:12:04, Carl McClain Morris, Jr. wrote:
>>
>>Agree, He is the champ and he calls the shots. Give him enough money and he will
>>agree to play anybody (seems too logical to be true)
>>
>>
>>>I think we would be world champions should give Gary Kasparov his due. All of a
>>>sudden the psuedo-psychologists come out of the wood work to analyse the
>>>greatest chess player of our time. If he were to have a rematch, I don't think
>>>he would lose. Just my opinion.
>>>
>>>C Morris



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