Author: Derrick Williams
Date: 16:04:16 03/17/00
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On March 17, 2000 at 18:21:47, Dann Corbit wrote:
>On March 17, 2000 at 17:57:38, Lawrence S. Tamarkin wrote:
>
>>And that is Kasparov - Before Fide existed, there was no official World
>>Championship title, so the 'World Strongest player, was whoever was winning the
>>most matches. Fide, being a kind of ridiculous organization now, I think it
>>fair to say that Kasparov dominates the game so completely over his closest
>>competitors, calling anyone else The WORLD CHAMPION, is just silly.
>
>Khalifman is world champion. Kasparov is not. He just has the highest ELO.
>FIDE is the governing body for FIDE members, and they decided. Many do not like
>the decision, but -- well, there it is.
>
>>Now - for the computer part - Though Shredder has won the World computer
>>championship title more than once, and is the current champion, I think it is
>>fair to say that No commercial program, really dominates this title over any
>>other commercial playing program, like the way that Kasparov does over his
>>fellow humans. So Shredder can be respected as much as Khalifman is as a
>>champion. 1st among equals…
>
>I wish people would stop bagging Khalifman. He did nothing wrong. He happened
>to have a very good tournament which was (for whatever reasons) held in a
>ludicrous knockout format. Be that as it may, he won fair and square and is the
>current world champion.
>
>As far as Kasparov, I think he is finished with computers. They scare the pee
>out of him now and {prediction} he won't touch them again. He could probably
>knock them silly if it were not for whatever psychological barrier he has raised
>up for them.
If Khalifman is the world champion, then to be world champion is absolutely
meaningless, since is has nothing to do with being the strongest player or best
player in the world as the word "WORLD CHAMPION" itself implies.
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