here below is one opinion, more objective opinion, and with no toilet-talk
involved, shows kamsky to be the very-much underdog - this simple message
will not appeal to paranoics and those who think in terms of 'radio-wave'
intercessions
both are great players - to anticipate any need for either one to cheat is
to cheapen what they do
..phil innes
"samsloan" <samhsloan@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
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> Welcome back! Did you enjoy your vacation?
>
> I personally believe that Kamsky will beat Topalov. What especially
> interests me is the question of what measures will be taken to prevent
> computer cheating. Both Topalov and Kramnik have in the past been
> accused of computer cheating, whereas Anand and Kamsky have never been
> accused of this.
>
> Of course, the players will assert their constitutional rights to go
> to the restroom during and after every move and to spend a long time
> sitting on the toilet even while it is their move and their clock is
> running, but some reasonable limits should be placed on this. Will the
> players be searched? Will devices be set up to detect radio waves that
> may be coming in to inform the players of the latest results of
> computer analysis?
>
> In an era where there are several computer chess playing programs that
> can easily defeat the best human players in the world, the chess
> playing public wants to feel secure that the human world chess
> champion is really all human.
>
> Sam Sloan
