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Subject: Re: Kramnik the greatest real chessplayer of all times

Author: Aaron Tay

Date: 10:45:27 10/07/00

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On October 07, 2000 at 01:36:31, Jeremiah Penery wrote:

>On October 06, 2000 at 08:31:42, Vincent Diepeveen wrote:
>
>>No doubt kasparov is so far the greatest chessplayers of all time,
>>if you just look for his achievements, but basically they all rely on
>>opening.
>>
>>Kasparov can find novelties in very sharp lines and he's a great
>>tactician. If you ask the average GM who praises Kasparov for over
>>an hour: "how is kasparov positionally and strategically compared
>>to kramnik", then suddenly it's very silent.
>>
>>VERY SILENT.
>
>A lot of people probably thought that about Kasparov also in 1986 when he faced
>Karpov.  When he was losing the match (like 5-0), Kasparov turned it around and
>started playing Karpov's own game - "positional" chess.  The match was
>eventually terminated with an equal score

Small nitpick it wasn't a equal score. 5-3 to Karpov I believe when the match
was cancelled





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