On Wed, 02 Jul 2003 02:51:32 GMT, "Gunny Bunny"
wrote:

I do not think his demands are so unreasonable.

He wants to be paid the same as Kasparov, that seems to be the 'key' issue.


I completely agree, IMO there's a simple reason for those demands: To
prepare for a match Pono needed to engage one or more good GM's for
training and a team for the match. He may have made contracts for
that. The GM's need to be paid. Their contracts have to be changed due
to the changed date of the match. And additional money is needed. The
reason is solely a FIDE matter, so they have to pay.

Perhaps, if Kasparov wants the fast-track back to the World Championship, he
should give a little and get the match under way. It should be an easy win
for Kasparov based on experience. His problem is 'time' he is aging now and
his mental form is decreasing as the years tick by.

I guess that probably there are unusual problems for Kasparov for
preparing for the match, as -at least - the opening preparation is
very difficult, if you look at the lines used by Pono in the last
months. These youngsters develop very fast, so games from lets say
2000 may be much too old to check for preparation.
I think it will be a tough match. Kasparov has the same problems now
that Karpov had in the 80's when facing Kasparov.

Andreas