Author: TEERAPONG TOVIRAT
Date: 00:07:42 05/13/00
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On May 13, 2000 at 02:23:00, Georg Langrath wrote: >I have seen in some text that Karpov is the World Chess Champion now. But isn’t >it Kasparov? Or do we have several champions as in boxing? > >Georg As I know, Kasparov, currently the best chess player in the world, had some conflicts with FIDE several years ago (1992 ?) ,Then he and his colleaques announced he was the champion of a new world chess organization PCA (Professional Chess Association) and defended his title against Short in that year. FIDE ,then,gave the world title to the winner of the other semifinalists Karpov-Timman which Karpov won easily. Anyway, with or without FIDE title almost everyone believes Kasparov is the best chess player in the history. Teerapong
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