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Date: 25 May 2008 09:18:17
From: Chess One
Subject: Garry's views on chess, now and then
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'Chess organisers made wrong moves'
By M. Satya Narayan, Senior Reporter
Published: May 25, 2008, 00:11
Abu Dhabi: Garry Kasparov said that chess failed to cash in on the famous
rivalry between him and Anatoly Karpov in the '80s and '90s of the last
century to catapult it into a modern and professional sport.
"Great rivalries help push sport like the [Mohammad] Ali-Foreman [George]
duel in boxing and the [Bjorn] Borg-McEnroe [John] one in tennis. Likewise,
there was a momentum in chess during the '80s but the game's organisers
failed to use it to spread the game's popularity," Kasparov told Gulf News
on the sidelines of a lecture assignment.
"The Fischer-Spassky rivalry presented another chance but unfortunately
nothing happened. Today, chess is in a much worse situation as the other
sports have all progressed and left this sport far behind," said the man who
was rated world number one for almost two decades.
Wish Vishy the best
Vladimir Kramnik, who deposed Kasparov in 2000, is back to challenge current
world champion Viswanathan Anand later this October. On the clash, Kasparov
said: "Kramnik is a difficult player and is very solid. He never loses and
will prove to be a difficult rival to Anand."
Kasparov, who defeated Anand to keep the World Championship title in 1995,
said: "I am happy Vishy won the world championship. He always deserved to
win it. I will be happy if he keeps it after his match with Kramnik for he
deserves it."
Source: GulfNews.com
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Date: 27 May 2008 15:40:14
From: help bot
Subject: Re: Garry's views on chess, now and then
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On May 27, 1:05 pm, Sanny <[email protected] > wrote:
> I agree to some extent that Chess wastes a lot of precious time. It
> should not be played more than once daily.
>
> One game a day is enough if you play a lot more than its really
> wasting your time. Today every where its lots of competition so when
> your chess improves you face a lot of competition.
>
> One should try 1 year if you progress then its OK. Else you should
> leve Chess and do something to earn money.
>
> I am interested in Chess only because my Chess Program may earn me a
> little money. Elkse I only play once in a week. I do not read opening
> books
Ah, then you will never be very good at the game.
You need to devote many hours to "mastering"
(chuckle) the openings, like the grandmasters do.
> and other stuffs as I just play it for fun and to improve my
> brain cells by giving them Chess Excercise.
>
> Chess is just an Excercise for your mind to keep fit.
True. It does have that one redeeming quality.
And if not taken too seriously, it can be fun; but
I don't recall having any "fun" paying chess since
I stopped playing blitz, a long time ago.
-- help bot
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Date: 27 May 2008 10:05:44
From: Sanny
Subject: Re: Garry's views on chess, now and then
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> > Can you suggest how more people be attracted towards Chess?
>
> =A0 I probably could, but... chess is a waste of human
> intelligence. =A0That's why I'm writing up the solution
> to all of mankind's problems instead (it's taking a
> me a very, very long time-- sorry). =A0;>D
I agree to some extent that Chess wastes a lot of precious time. It
should not be played more than once daily.
One game a day is enough if you play a lot more than its really
wasting your time. Today every where its lots of competition so when
your chess improves you face a lot of competition.
One should try 1 year if you progress then its OK. Else you should
leve Chess and do something to earn money.
I am interested in Chess only because my Chess Program may earn me a
little money. Elkse I only play once in a week. I do not read opening
books and other stuffs as I just play it for fun and to improve my
brain cells by giving them Chess Excercise.
Chess is just an Excercise for your mind to keep fit.
Bye
Sanny
Play Chess at: http://www.GetClub.com/Chess.html
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Date: 27 May 2008 01:49:07
From: help bot
Subject: Re: Garry's views on chess, now and then
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On May 27, 3:00 am, Sanny <[email protected] > wrote:
> Tell me how to create Chess awareness among people.
>
> Write a nice Article which I will post at GetClub So that people get
> aware how to play Chess.
>
> Can you suggest how more people be attracted towards Chess?
I probably could, but... chess is a waste of human
intelligence. That's why I'm writing up the solution
to all of mankind's problems instead (it's taking a
me a very, very long time-- sorry). ; >D
Chess is not a particularly /fun/ game. Weak
players lose and don't know why, while stronger
ones obsess over in-depth study and memorization
of opening variations, only to fail to truly understand
them in the end. Maybe in that respect, bug-house
is a superior (albeit a four-player) game.
Many of the complaints we see emanate from the
relatively few top-ranked players of the world, and
unsurprisingly, focus on them not getting as much
money as they would like. Here in rgc we quite
frequently see attempts to create a variant of the
game or scoring thereof to redress the issue of
professional players drawing one another by
agreement, or even prearrangement. When this
is done by people we dislike it is called cheating;
yet when you remove the Cold War propaganda
the issue remains, and apologists will appear to
transfer the blame *away* from the players... .
My suggestion is not to attract people to chess,
but to REPEL them. Try to steer people into
/constructive/ activities, and only teach chess to
your hated enemies, to destroy them; get them to
squander all their time on a silly board game.
Convince your enemies that all they want to do,
ever, is play chess.
-- help bot
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Date: 27 May 2008 00:00:21
From: Sanny
Subject: Re: Garry's views on chess, now and then
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Tell me how to create Chess awareness among people.
Write a nice Article which I will post at GetClub So that people get
aware how to play Chess.
Can you suggest how more people be attracted towards Chess?
Bye
Sanny
Play Chess at: http://www.GetClub.com/Chess.html
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Date: 25 May 2008 22:47:24
From: help bot
Subject: Re: Garry's views on chess, now and then
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I think GK misrepresented the situation with his
comparison of chess -- a board game -- to "sports", like
tennis or boxing.
A tennis match can be interesting to the casual spectator,
who can easily follow the ball, note the lines and runs at a
ball which cannot be reached, etc. But in order to get
anything out of watching a chess game, you need to be
able to visualize what is going on; you need to know the
rules, how all the various pieces move, and even discern
whose turn it is-- which is not always obvious.
Believe it or not, a lot of Americans do not know how to
play chess! They can recognize a chess set as such,
and they are familiar with certain terms, such as match,
game, and checkmate, but they do not know how the
pieces move and *require* a commentator to explain
who is winning and why. This is not like boxing, where
anyone can see that the reason one man is losing is
that he keeps getting hit-- in the gut, then in the head.
Mr. Kasparov stated that "nothing happened" when
the alleged rivalry between GMs Spassky and Fischer
came to a head; but this is another misrepresentation,
probably designed to dismiss the Big One in favor of
his own, very real rivalry with AK. A self-promoting lie,
like so many others we have seen over the years. In
fact, USCF membership increased dramatically as a
result of BF's ascendancy to the throne, and even the
mainstream media went bonkers for a little while over
chess.
Reading the title of this thread, I was expecting a
recounting of GK's dramatically changing views over
time; instead we just got a broad swipe at chess
politicians. All I can say is this: does GK really
believe that chess players have already forgotten
his own failed attempts in this area? His childish
handling of the GMA's election of Jan Timman
instead of him, resulting in total collapse-- thanks
to GK himself? Wow. I know we sub-2800 mere
mortals are weak... but not THAT weak.
-- help bot
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