Author: Enrique Irazoqui
Date: 03:36:05 01/14/00
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On January 14, 2000 at 06:21:04, Alvaro Polo wrote: >It is my opinion that Kasparov should play Deep Blue. This is off track. Kasparov always wanted the rematch, but IBM dismantled Deep Blue. Hsu's new machine is not Deep Blue. Enrique >Why? Because that is what >the audience is interested on. If you log on ICC when there is a lecture about >GK-DB you can see lots of people listening there. I would say more people that >the Khalifman-Leko game or any human-human game. > >So the interest is there. Kasparov will find it difficult to find the money to >defend his title against a human. In fact, the Kasparov-Shirov match didn't >occur and probably Kasparov-Anand match won't occur. People are interested on >GK-DB above any other thing and it is difficult and foolish to fight the market. >Chess, except for a few years, has always been a sport with no money in. If >Kasparov was WC of any other sport he would be making much more than he is right >now. So, the interest is on GK-DB and Kasparov probably won't be able to fight >against that. > >Having said this, I understand Kasparov attitude of not helping Hsu find money >to fund his machine. Hsu wants to wrest the WC away from Kasparov. He shouldn't >expect any help from Kasparov himself to accomplish this.
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