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Subject: Psycho

Author: Harald Faber

Date: 03:02:39 10/23/00

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On October 23, 2000 at 05:10:16, Aaron Tay wrote:

>>It was Kramnik who was closer to another win than Kasparoy.
>
>Still, never write off Kasparov, remember he managed to retain the title, with a
>last gap win against Karpov once before in the very last game!..So a one game
>deficit is small to say the least..
>
>But still I think Kasprov is in more danger now of losing them ever before..I
>think given that Kasparov has often stated that Kramnik is the most probable
>succuessor to him, it's more acceptable to his ego, if he loses..
>
>Self-furfilling prophecy? Also, as some have pointed out, his "friendship" ?
>with his former student makes it difficult for hims to psyche himself up..

I have the impression that Kramnik has a playing style that Kasparov has some
problems with, and Kramnik does not take any of Kasparovs psycho tricks.



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