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Subject: Re: Was the question to difficult??

Author: James T. Walker

Date: 04:58:59 01/18/00

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On January 18, 2000 at 03:36:06, Tom Kerrigan wrote:

>On January 18, 2000 at 01:23:13, John Warfield wrote:
>
>>On January 17, 2000 at 10:51:24, John Warfield wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> Are these the long awaited Log files or printouts that Kasparov has been
>>>begging for all these years? If so I wonder if they confirm his allegations of
>>>cheating
>
>I think only Kasparov can answer this question.
>
>Personally, I think he was an idiot (and a jerk) to accuse DB of cheating.
>AFAIK, his only "proof" was a stupid gut feeling.
>
>-Tom


His only proof was in his own mind.  He had said several times in the past that
no computer would ever be able to beat him.  So he simply could not accept the
fact that it had happened fairly and honestly.  An ego that big must invent
other possibilities than his own human failing.
Jim Walker



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