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Kasparov was the first player to significantly profit from computer chess, selling many many chess computers I fantasised about owning as a child. He has always
by zwischenzug 8y ago
Kasparov was the first player to significantly profit from computer chess, selling many many chess computers I fantasised about owning as a child. He has always profited by playing and talking abut computers, often in ways that baffled those in the field:
http://content.time.com/time/subscriber/article/0,33009,984305-1,00.html http://content.time.com/time/subscriber/article/0,33009,9843...
(the 'insightful' pawn sac was suggested by most run of the mill computers, and seemed an obvious moves to strong humans at the time).
- WilliamEdward 8y agoSure, that was like 20+ years ago. I'm saying today, he has no reason to keep writing about chess and yet here we are.
- have_faith 8y ago> he has no reason to keep writing about chess What does that mean? edit: I mis-read the tone of your message, ignore.
- TangoTrotFox 8y agoHe's "retired". It was just last month he was competing in a Fischer Random event with many of the top players today. [1] And he still regularly provides commentary, above and beyond that of an informal observer, on various games and events. [1] - https://www.uschesschamps.com/tags/2018-champions-showdown https://www.uschesschamps.com/tags/2018-champions-showdown
- bluGill 8y agoHe is a well known figure in chess. More people recognize his name in connection to chess than Magnus Carlsen and Fabiano Caruana combined! Of course he writes about chess - when he does people listen and assume he has something insightful to say (weather or not he does), thus when he wants money he needs to talk about chess. He can be (and reportedly is) a great inspirational speaker, but he is expected to talk about chess at some time in each speech.
- arisAlexis 8y agodo you really think Kasparov writes about chess when he runs out of money?