Author: José de Jesús García Ruvalcaba
Date: 15:01:30 06/02/99
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On June 02, 1999 at 17:18:44, KarinsDad wrote: >On June 02, 1999 at 17:02:54, Dave Gomboc wrote: > >[snip] >> >>You must have missed the _double_ smiley. >> >>Dave > >No, I didn't. I just felt like justifying since I think that Anand is the ONLY >person on the planet with even a slim chance (as opposed to none) of winning >against Kasparov. > >If you look at Anand's lifetime record, he has consistently folded the first few >times he attempted a given goal (nerves I guess). But eventually, he has been >successful. The World Championship is the only goal that has eluded him. Since >he has had some World Championship experience now (twice), maybe he won't fold >again (but I won't be betting against Kasparov). > >KarinsDad :) I think that Shirov has a better chance than Anand to beat Kasparov in a world championship match. Even Karpov in good form has a better chance than Anand, but now he is too old to keep a good form for a whole long match. And of course Kasparov is ducking Shirov, because he knows that he can easily handle Anand. He wants to play Anand or Kramnik, they both are easy preys for him. I do not think that Shirov is technically superior to Anand. But Shirov is a fighter, and Anand is not. You need a fighter to beat Kasparov, somebody who does not fear anything as is willing to die in the fire line. Four fighting players come to my mind: Kasparov, Karpov, Shirov and Kamsky. Of course Kasparov is not going to defend the title against himself, and as I said before Karpov is too old to be a threat. Kamsky is retired (and I do not expect him to return for the FIDE championship in Las Vegas), so we are left with Shirov to defeat Kasparov. Anand is not a fighting player. Kramnik is much less of a fighter than Anand, and that is the reason Kasparov wants to play them: he knows they will never be able to defeat him. If Anand wants to have a chance to win, he must ask Shirov and Kamsky to give him lessons. They both have a lot to teach him. José.
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