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Subject: Re: What does Anand mean about fritz and Rebel in this quote?

Author: France Levesque

Date: 18:44:44 01/14/00

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On January 14, 2000 at 08:06:16, Ed Schröder wrote:

>On January 14, 2000 at 05:43:56, France Levesque wrote:
>
>>I think he is upset how you utilized the tournament as a marketing tool by >spamming the Internet with it. Your quite a businessman Mr. Schroder.
>
>I did not read any advertising complaint in the Anand text. Anand knew
>he who he was playing and didn't play for charity.

To some extent I agree, Anand is a professional chess player around 30 years
old.  IMHO he was stupid to accept a blitz game challenge.....when his
reputation was on the line.  It is obvious that REBEL invested this time and
money to make money.....or why else do it ??  If Anand had play long time
controls he would have had a chance to win it all....Bobby Fischer would NEVER
have agreed to such a match unless it was just an offhand game....not a match
like this one....Either Anand is a Dope or doesn't have the hunger to always
win...I don't know...I have never met him.
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http://www.rediff.com/sports/2000/jan/11anand.htm

<Anand snip start>

Before the game against Rebel, the programmer reportedly said, you would beat it
comprehensively.

If I played the match again, maybe I could win also. In all the normal games,
the games of reasonable time limit, I won against Rebel. They try as hard as
possible to publicize the fact that it defeated me and they hope to sell a few
programs. There is not much you can do about it. I don’t have the time to run
ads in the paper all the time. I think, it is just misleading. In the blitz
games, computers are already far superior. At least the odds will always go
their way

<Anand snip end>

I think this confirms where I was coming from.

Take care Mr. Schroder,

FranceL


>
>>Hugs and Kisses,
>>
>>FranceL
>>
>>( Dedicated to Fairness )



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