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Subject: Re: Who is the world champion?

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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