It's worth noting that the much-ballyhooed ICA Chess Bulletin, which is so
often pointed to as the reason for Illinois having one of the highest state
chess association dues in the country, did not bother reporting at all on
the interesting Kasparov vs. 2084 player fracas in his July simul in
Chicago.

The leading feature article on this event, just out in the most recent,
two-month's-late-in-the-mail issue, was filled with the usual feel-good
chess event hyperbole designed to stultify the average reader's senses,
along with plenty of ad copy for the Chicago Board Options Exchange. We are
also treated to endless paragraphs about the technical details of some new
trading system the CBOE uses, as well as some shameless plugging for
Belzberg Technologies.

But absolutely nothing is said about the most thought-provoking part of the
event: Kasparov terminating a game because the opponent was found to rated
2084, violating the 2000 limit agreed upon with the organizers. Apparently
Gazza was concerned because he as white was playing a "theoretical line"
against Black's Scandinavian.

All of this went completely unremarked in the six uninterrupted pages the
ICA Bulletin dedicated to this event. Certainly the aborted game was not
included, which would have been fascinating to see. Instead we are treated
to a short collection of Kasparov poundings on stockbrokers.

Next time the ICA might as well just reprint the CBOE's press release. It
would at least take less time to read.


TMB