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Subject: Re: A. Karpow is _IN_ Las Vegas!

Author: KarinsDad

Date: 09:26:10 07/10/99

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On July 10, 1999 at 10:08:09, Albert Silver wrote:

[snip]
>
Personally, I'll be EXTREMELY curious to see how Kamsky
>plays.
>
>                                Albert Silver


In 1998, Kasparov played very little due to his preparations for the Shirov
match that never occurred. In 1999, Kasparov came out like a house on fire due
to those preparations.

Kamsky has not played in a few years, but it is possible that he has been
studying a lot just like Kasparov?

Could it be that Kamsky was just preparing for a FIDE championship when some of
the field would be weaker? Kasparov will not be there. Anand will not be there.
Karpov will most likely be eliminated in the quarter-finals. Kamsky is seeded
number 4 in the tournament behind Kramnik, Shirov, and Morozevich.

Now granted, just because Kasparov and Anand will not be in the tournament does
not mean that it will not be a difficult tournament. But, if Kamsky has secretly
been preparing, he could take it right out from under everyone's noses and we
could have an unexpected new FIDE champion.

KarinsDad :)



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