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Subject: Re: Topalov and Shirov lose, Kramnik, Leko and Svidler draw Yikes!!

Author: Mark Ryan

Date: 18:26:55 08/06/99

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On August 05, 1999 at 04:51:14, James Robertson wrote:

>On August 05, 1999 at 00:13:09, Terry Ripple wrote:
>
>>On August 04, 1999 at 15:41:15, James Robertson wrote:
>>
>>>On August 04, 1999 at 12:08:03, Dann Corbit wrote:
>>>
>>>>On August 04, 1999 at 11:28:19, KarinsDad wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>Upsets yesterday:
>>>>>
>>>>>Ponomariov beat Topalov
>>>>I'm not surprised by this one.  Ponomariov is a skyrocket on the rise.  The next
>>>>king of the hill (eventually) I predict.
>>>
>>>Actually, it wasn't anything Ponomariov did. Topalov dug his own grave with
>>>about five inaccurate moves followed by a blunder.
>>>
>>>James
>>----------
>>Isn`t that the way a great deal of chess games are won! The player who has the
>>least amount of mistakes is usually the one who wins every time. you can analize
>>through alot of grandmaster games and find inaccurate moves and downright
>>blunders of some sort and this is the makeup of a chess game!
>>
>>Regards,Terry
>
>:\ I know. I feel sorry for Topalov after his rating collapse in the last few
>years, so like to defend him. :)
>
>James


And rightly so !  Toppy made a great recovery.  I have to be honest and admit
that I had incorrectly predicted, before Round 2, that the young Ukrainian would
pull off a big upset against the veteran from Bulgaria.  Oh well.

Cheers,
Mark



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