Nay Lin Tun wrote: ↑Tue Nov 06, 2018 5:12 am
Stronger than any human?
Lyudmil Tsvekov wont be happy with your claim. He said "he can win stockfish easily" .
Lyudmil is a guy who is smart enough to have figured out that good
and bad hype are still generally
good for sales.
And one of the best ways to create hype is to repeatedly make the most ridiculous, outrageous claims possible.
Hence, "Kasparov is weak", "Carlsen is the worst", "I can beat Stockfish easily" and so on...
And then get an authority to validate said claims.
Hence his begging titled players for book reviews behind the scenes (and some being liberal enough to give a good review to 'help him along'") and the combination of these two elements mean his eBooks sales will soar.
OUTRAGEOUS CLAIM+PROOF*=SALES
*proof, in this case being
perceived proof, since the unsuspecting buyer will assume the titled player wasn't begged for the review.
I used to think he was deluded, but now I just think his approach was all a marketing gimmick.