Author: Pete Galati
Date: 14:45:32 10/24/00
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On October 24, 2000 at 16:52:53, Michael Cummings wrote: >On October 24, 2000 at 16:45:23, Pete Galati wrote: > >>On October 24, 2000 at 15:53:34, Torstein Hall wrote: >> >>>In my view this is just a personal match between the two strongest players the >>>last years and no championship match. Kasparov failed to defend his title and >>>the world cup is now somewhere else. Lets hope Kramnik can fix this crazy state >>>Kasparov put the world chess into. Strongest player or not, if you do not defend >>>your title, you have no right to it! Kramnik just have to win the match >>>first.... >>> >>>Go Kramnik, go go go for it!! >>> >>>Torstein >> >>I agree, I was never in favor of Kasparov's "duck and cover" tactics of keeping >>his title of questionable value. Most people I've noticed are hoping Kramnik >>wins, me too, but there are exceptions. >> >>Pete > >I think I read some comments in an article once, saying that Kasparov wanted >Kramnik to be his heir to the throne someday anyway. > >Who to say that Kramnik will not turn into another Kasparov in the way they >treat world title matched That I never read, but if Kasp has an interest in Kramnik being his heir, you could probably expect Kramnik to have very similar attitudes as Kasparov has, and if that's true, you could probably expect more of the same for the next 20 years or so. I know next to nothing about Kramnik. Pete
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