Author: Christophe Theron
Date: 08:46:36 07/12/99
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On July 11, 1999 at 11:59:32, Albert Silver wrote:
>On July 10, 1999 at 18:17:19, walter irvin wrote:
>
>>On July 10, 1999 at 12:11:50, Christophe Theron wrote:
>>
>>>On July 10, 1999 at 10:27:15, Klaus Evers wrote:
>>>
>>>>
>>>>On July 10, 1999 at 10:08:09, Albert Silver wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>On July 10, 1999 at 04:18:15, Klaus Evers wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>>Hi you out there!
>>>>>>
>>>>>>After his match against Shredder in Dortmund Karpow anounced
>>>>>>that he will take part in the championship in Las Vegas from July, 31st to
>>>>>>29th of August. I think it is good, because that means that we will have
>>>>>>a new world champion in September who is stronger than Karpow and so _really_
>>>>>>earning the title. Karpow's time is over, and it has been so for the past one or
>>>>>>two years. A player who is ranked on position seven or nine in the list can not
>>>>>>claim to be the world champion.
>>>>>>Just remember the match against Anand in Lausanne: I really disliked these
>>>>>>extra-conditions that has been there for Karpow: only taking part in one last
>>>>>>match, at full strength and totally relaxed! If he would have played all the
>>>>>>tournament (like he will in Las Vegas) he would be kicked out in the quarter- or
>>>>>>semifinals by somebody like Adams, Topalev or Vishy.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>I hope that Anand will be the next champion because I like him and simply
>>>>>>because after two times vize-champion it is his turn now! And I hope that there
>>>>>>will be a match to unify the two organization PCA and Fide (if Garry agrees).
>>>>>>
>>>>>>We will see.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>Greetings
>>>>>>
>>>>>>Klaus E.
>>>>>
>>>>>Anand will not be FIDE World Champion unless FIDE decides to hand him the title
>>>>>as a present since he won't be participating in the FIDE World Championship in
>>>>>Las Vegas.
>>>>
>>>>Ooops, you're right, I just saw in my chessmagazine that he doesn't take part,
>>>>but you were quicker. :-)
>>>>And I read that there will be an 'ultimate match' in October this year between
>>>>Kasparov and Anand: 16 games, winner gets 2 million $, the other 1 million $. If
>>>>the score will be 8-8, Garry keeps the PCA-title :-(
>>>>(I know that this referrs to the traditional FIDE rules, and I think that's
>>>>O.K., but I want Anand to win.)
>>>>The match may take place in Prague, London or a big city in the US, it's
>>>>uncertain up to now.
>>>>
>>>>CU!
>>>>Klaus E.
>>>>
>>>>>As for Karpov, I have no limits to my admiration of him as a player
>>>>>but IMO he hasn't been deserving of the title of World Champion since 1985 when
>>>>>Garry Kasparov wrested it from him. He has had lots of opportunities (he still
>>>>>had 3 more title matches against GK) but never managed to capitalize on them.
>>>>>Even when Kasparov broke off from FIDE with Nigel Short, Karpov had already been
>>>>>beaten fair and square by Short. Besides, not even Karpov believes in the
>>>>>credibility of the Las Vegas World Championship, having proposed that it instead
>>>>>be called the World Cup. Personally, I'll be EXTREMELY curious to see how Kamsky
>>>>>plays.
>>>>>
>>>>> Albert Silver
>>>
>>>
>>>Maybe you guys could make some kind of effort to make these posts a little bit
>>>computer chess related.
>>>
>>>Try to insert the words "computer", "deep blue" here and there, maybe you can
>>>fool us. Also try to insert "bit" before the word "board". May work too.
>>>
>>>
>>> Christophe
>>i know this is computer chess place ,but surely (chess) still has a place
>>here,the fact that most people here are in fact weak chess players and there are
>>only a few, very few programmers that can play good chess seems to be the
>>problem .if you do away with chess threads then ,you might as well start talking
>>about arcade games ect. try to remember chess IS THE NAME OF THE GAME.
>
>It's no problem. If that's all it takes to keep the natives quiet....
>Here is the new revised computer chess version of my post:
>
>Cybernand will not be EIDE Motherboard Champion unless EIDE decides to hand him
>the title as a present since he won't be participating in the EIDE Motherboard
>Championship in Las Vegas. As for Electropov, I have no limits to my admiration
>of him as a multi-tasking system but IMO he hasn't been deserving of the title
>of Motherboard Champion since 1985 when Garry Virusov crashed his system. He has
>had lots of opportunities (he still had 3 more title matches against GV) but
>never managed to capitalize on them.
>Even when Virusov broke off from EIDE with Nigel Abort, Electropov had already
>been frozen fair and square by Abort. Besides, not even Electropov believes in
>the credibility of the Las Vegas Motherboard Championship, having proposed that
>it instead be called the E3 Cup. Personally, I'll be EXTREMELY curious to see
>how RAMsky plays.
>
> Albert Silver
:) ;)
Christophe Théron
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