MARCH/99


HELLO MS. FRIEDMAN ZOE. IT'S ME - THE PRO MUSICIAN AND CHESS AMBASSADOR - LUBEK.
I JUST WANT TO LET YOU KNOW I'M GLAD YOU KNOW
SOMETHING ABOUT CHESS, BECAUSE WHEN I ASKED YOU WHO IS THE BEST PLAYER IN
THE WORLD, YOU IMMEDIATELY REPLIED G. KASPAROV, INSTEAD OF " DEEP BLUE ",
UNLIKE MANY OTHERS I SPOKE WITH... YES, NO COMPUTER IS THE CHAMPION YET !!!

LISTEN, THE MAIN REASON FOR THIS FAX IS:

IN LAS VEGAS THE FIDE ( CHESS ORGANIZATION ) CHAMPIONSHIP GOT CANCELED,
BECAUSE FOR THE LACK OF SPONSORSHIP, THAT'S REALLY APPALLING, BUT I GOT
SOME GREAT NEWS FOR YOU. THE TALKS HAVE RE-OPENED ABOUT IT AND THE CHAMPIONSHIP
MAY STILL HAPPEN THIS YEAR IN THIS COUNTRY. THAT WOULD BE JUST GREAT. THIS
WOULD BE A CHANCE OF A LIFE-TIME FOR ME AND MY COMPUTER. I WOULD LIKE MY
COMPUTER TO PLAY IN THE CHAMPIONSHIP. THAT'S WHAT I LIVE FOR, THAT'S ON MY
MIND EVERY SINGLE DAY, WHEN I WAKE UP AND WHEN I GO TO SLEEP, EVERYWHERE I
GO, I ONLY THINK ABOUT THE CHAMPIONSHIP KNOCK OUT MATCH THAT WILL BE ORGANIZED.
THAT'S HOW I MAKE MY LIVING. THIS IS NOT MY HOBBY ONLY. I WROTE A COMPUTER
CHESS PROGRAM, A GRAND-MASTER LEVEL PROGRAM,  UNDEFEATED BY OTHERS...
I AM VERY SMART AND LOADED WITH AMBITION, I'M ALSO VERY FUNNY ( I FEEL LIKE
I'M APPLYING FOR A JOB HERE ), SO THERE SHOULD BE NO PROBLEM WITH BOOKING ME
ON YOUR SHOW THIS SPRING. ALSO IF U NEED A CLEVER CO-HOST, WELL SISTER, I
MAY GIVE IT A TRY ! I ALWAYS SPEAK VERY SLOWLY AND I KNOW HOW TO CONTROL
EVERY SITUATIONAL ASPECT OF THE INTERVIEW (I TOOK SOME JOURNALISM CLASSES ALSO).

IF I GET BOOKED ON YOUR SHOW, WELL, I'M PRETTY MUCH SURE WE CAN BRING THE
CHAMPIONSHIP TO THIS LAND. ISN'T THIS GREAT ???

THE PEOPLE BEFORE YOU WERE VERY MUCH INTERESTED IN BOOKING ME ON THE
TOM S. SHOW, BUT I CALLED TO0 LATE AND OF COURSE THERE WAS NO CHANCE TO GET
BOOKED. THEY SAY THEY HAD 200 PEOPLE WAITING IN-LINE. TOM WALKED AWAY AT LEAST
ONE YEAR TOO-EARLY. IF I HAD CALLED LAST YEAR, I MIGHT WOULD HAVE GOTTEN BOOKED,
BUT C'EST LA VIE SHEREE, THAT'S LIFE !!! AT LEAST THE LATE, LATE SHOW IS STILL
IN EXISTENCE AND I HOPE GREG WILL CONTINUE THE EXCELLENCE AND THE TRADITION...


           CORDIALLY: CM LUBEK