Author: J-O Hägglund
Date: 06:01:46 03/18/00
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On March 17, 2000 at 22:51:48, Pete Galati wrote: >On March 17, 2000 at 22:11:59, Daniel Chancey wrote: > >>For Khalifman to be the World's Champion, he must PROVE IT. He needs to >>tackle Karpov, Shirov, Topalov, Leko (Leko beat him last match) not to mention >>Kramnik, Anand, and Kasparov himself. >> >>Therefore, I say the upcoming Kasparov-Anand match will decide the World's >>Championship. Kasparov has earned it. Khalifman has not. That's my call and >>I stick to it. >> >>Castle2000 > >World Champion is a title, the proof is that Khalifman won that title. The >shortcoming in your arguement is that Kasparov _didn't_ win the title. The >reason that Kasparov didn't earn anything is because he's no longer a part of >the structure set up by FIDE for determining who the World Champion is. World Champion is much more than a title. It´s an institution, a centre of power, something you can compare, for instance, with the President of US. The WC balances the Congress, let´s call it FIDE, and the Supreme Court, I don´t know what to call that. You can´t, with any degree of credibility, appoint such a person by a knock-out tournament. Khalifman is a very strong chessplayer and he proved that very distinctly at Linares but he is no institution, which Kasparov definítly is. Kasparov dominates this sport not only at the board but also in many other aspects. I´m fascinated by him as a chessplayer but also as an ambassador of the sport. He seems to have a vision and the power to present it. > >Kasparov is probably the strongest Chess player around (not my favorite though) >but he holds no claim whatsoever to the Chess World Champion. Besides, the >phoney title that he created, he doesn't defend it. We've all seen these >matches for the title get set up and then scrapped before, let's not forget the >Shirov match that never happened. I'll beleive the Kasparov-Anand match when it >happens, this is no different than heavey weight boxing. > >Pete
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