Author: Dave Gomboc
Date: 11:52:39 05/27/99
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On May 27, 1999 at 10:51:12, Prakash Das wrote: >On May 27, 1999 at 04:43:37, Rajen Gupta wrote: > >>Mr das seems to think that anand is a mouse. He obviously has complete ignorance >>of anands results from the last 2 years where his performance has been > > No Mr Gupta. I said Anand is a mouse compared to Kaspy. No I am not ignorant. I >have been religiously following every tournament so far. > >>outstanding, including his tremendous performance in the world championships >>where he lost to karpov by a whisker. > > He still lost. I don't care if Karpov got an advantage (he did).. This is >Anand's style. He chokes. We witnessed it when he played Kasparov in 1993 (or >something). >>(He has not agreed to play in kasparov, >>not because he is scared but because of his contractual obligations to FIDE; and >>as he rightly pointed out, whether or not this contract is legally binding , he >>is a man of his wordand therfoere wouldn't like to break the agreement) > > He has indictaed a willingness to play. Surely he is not a great man of his >words then, is he? > > >>mr kasparov is no doubt better but he is not the best player in the world. that >>title belongs to DEEPER BLUE. > > Uh.. if you believe that, I have nothing to say. > > >At least Anand can take defeats on the chin, like >>a man and without making excuses. > > Without making excuses, where did you get that. Just for instance, when he >choked against Karpov, he had a host of excuses. As GM Seirawan pointed out, >Anand's excuse of being tired doesn't hold because he was able to beat the other >players before he came to the final. As soon as he lost, he trotted the excuse >"was tired".. And soon after that, he played in some super Category events, and >did well (finishing first, if I recall). He always feels "tired", "is playing >too much chess", etc etc.. when he finishes behind in a tournament, and >invariably these are the ones when Garry is playing. > > >>kasparov cannot do that, the moment he sees >>himself squarely beaten,he starts whining and squeaking, about cheating etc. > > He comes up with good results =most+ of the time. Look at his performance this >year. Compare it to Anand's. He and his coach have dismissed it as reason "he >played too much." > >>Kasparov IMO is the mouse and not Anand. > > When Anand can consistently win tournaments where Garry is playing too, he will >show some credibility. He is already nearly 30. Garry was world champion when he >was 21. > > Conclusion: Anand remains a super mouse. Not everyone is Garry Kasparov. Becoming world champion so early requires a LOT of skill, and a little luck. It is perhaps overstrict to hold people to a standard that only one person has ever attained. Dave
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