Author: george petty
Date: 17:13:12 01/11/00
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On January 11, 2000 at 18:26:42, Robert Hyatt wrote: >On January 11, 2000 at 18:02:28, george petty wrote: > >>On January 11, 2000 at 15:58:24, Robert Hyatt wrote: >> >>>On January 11, 2000 at 09:39:51, Lonnie Cook wrote: >>> >>>> >>>>But GK is a man! He's WC! >>> >>> ^^^ >>> >>>Do you _really_ think he acted like one after he lost to DB? >>> >>>:) >> >> >> I do. After he realized he had been had by them. He was mad at them, >> and probably himself for being so trustful and also niave. >> >> The old saying you cheat me the first time, shame on you. cheat me the >> second time shame on me. >> >> He is probably by far the best player in the world! No doubt about. > > >Two things: > >(1) he wasn't "had" by IBM. There is more than money involved is what I mean by had by I.B.M. It was not a fair match with no history made available of I.B.M. games as there were of his games. Even after the match no printouts, looks fishy to me. There is the prestige involved. I don't think most top players would want to play under those conditions. Its being a little niave and asking for it. I would imagine he would do things different looking back on it. He made a bunch of money, about $40,000 per hour >for playing if I recall someone else's number. He set up the match stipulation >for everything he wanted _before_ the match. _after_ the match he then had more >requirements that he _wished_ he had asked for. But no one made him sign the >contract... > >(2) Kasparov is probably by far the best _human_ player in the world. >No doubt about it. :) > I agree! He's the best we have now. >Bob George
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