Author: Lawrence S. Tamarkin
Date: 18:11:25 06/02/99
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That is an incredible attitude to have about a world class player like Anand. He has every chance of beating Kasparov. In fact his class as a chess player (and as a human being), over the last couple of years is way ahead of everyone but Kasparov, exept when Kasparov is back in form (as recently), & determined to kick everybodies but! The situation in the chess world now is a bit like it was for Alekhine in 1927. Capablanca was considered an unbeatable chess machine, but after NY 1927 (which Capa won very easily), Alekhine studied his game very carefully & beat him in a long difficult match. Last year everybody thought Anand was totally brutal, and now this year everybody (after those 3 recents wins), everybody considers Kasparov totally brutal. I guess people have short memories. The truth is these 2 are the best there is right now for consistancy and most fight against each other. Everybody else is like Nimzowitsch, Vidmar, Spielmann & Marshall (the participants in NY 1927), after Alekhine, who I would bet most would have regarded at the time as the best challenger for Capa, even before NY 1927. mrslug - the chess addict! On June 02, 1999 at 18:01:30, José de Jesús García Ruvalcaba wrote: >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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