Author: Mogens Larsen
Date: 16:55:19 03/17/00
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On March 17, 2000 at 19:06:48, Dann Corbit wrote: >On March 17, 2000 at 19:04:16, Derrick Williams wrote: >[snip] >> 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. > >It has never been about that. Anyone who knows anything about mathematics is >aware that a contest -- even a 50 game contest between the two persons supposed >to be best -- does not really decide who the better player is. > >If we are free to pick and choose whoever we like for world champion, then >Kenneth Chamberlain's claim that Bobby Fischer is world champion is just as good >as Kasparov. In fact, I do hereby declare that Tina Long is world chess >champion. I'll second that. Maybe it would be easier to start a new federation. Something like LLFIDEBMB: Looks like FIDE but much better. Best wishes... Mogens
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