Author: KarinsDad
Date: 16:08:23 06/02/99
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On June 02, 1999 at 18:01:30, José de Jesús García Ruvalcaba wrote: [snip] > > 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. Shirov's lifetime record against Kasparov is: +0-8=7 He does not seem like much of a fighter against Kasparov quite yet. Anand's lifetime record against Kasparov might be (I am not positive here): +2-6=19 The two wins are: 1992 at Reggio Emilia where he beat both Kasparov and Karpov (while still in his prime) 1995 game 9 World Championship and in non-World Championship play (the only type of games Shirov has played against Kasparov), Anand's record against Kasparov is in the ballpark of: +1-2=6 extremely better than Shirov's record. The only reason his record is as poor as it is against Kasparov (still much better than Shirov's record) is that he fell apart halfway through his World Championship with Garry. Other than that tournament, he is practically tied with Kasparov. I agree that Anand tends to fold up his tent once he losses (an example is his 1995 World Championship match with Kasparov where he was leading after 9 games), however, he has a MUCH better overall record against Kasparov than Shirov. Shirov has never once beaten Kasparov in 15 games and in fact, he has lost over half of them. It's hard to imagine that he would somehow improve due to playing in a World Championship match. KarinsDad :)
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