Author: Albert Silver
Date: 10:33:23 01/01/98
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On January 01, 1998 at 11:03:40, Jeroen Noomen wrote: >On January 01, 1998 at 01:35:07, Robert Hyatt wrote: > >Still, the highest rated player and the favourite managed to battle >his way through this system. And Karpov-Anand will be an interesting >match. As far as I am concerned: my heart is with Vishy. > >Jeroen > First of all, a Happy New Year to all! I must say that my heart is with Anand as well. His feel for the game and his play enable him to produce tremendously beautiful games even against the strongest opposition and it's a pleasure to watch him in action. I think the funniest thing about the match is that in my opinon, the biggest unknown here is the veteran Karpov. Little play, and highly inconsistent at that, the favourite is assuredly Anand here, BUT it will all depend on how Karpov plays. Anand of course must also be extremely tired so I geuss it's pretty much a craps shot. As for the decision by blitz, Kasparov really must be laughing his head off. Can you imagine if the FIDE world champion is decided by a 5 minute game? This would not only completely detract from the value of the title but it would make FIDE the laughing stock of all sports federations around the world. Kasparov no longer needs to continue his efforts against FIDE. FIDE is clearly capable of destroying itself without anyone's help. > > >>On December 31, 1997 at 19:44:52, Jeroen Noomen wrote: >> >>>On December 31, 1997 at 15:28:28, Rajen Gupta wrote: >>> >>>>congratulations to anand for reaching the finals of the FIDE circus.My >>>>best wishes to him for winning the finals also. >>> >>>I have to agree on that one! I hope Vishy will win the final, because I >>>think he fully deserves it! >>> >>>Best regards, Jeroen Noomen >> >>My only comment is that I think that FIDE has gone totally insane with >>the way the challenger is chosen. IE for those not knowing, this came >>down to a blitz match between two players (Anand and Adams), which seems >>like a totally [stupid, idiotic, insane, or any other adjective inserted >>here] way to choose the challenger. >> >>What are they thinking about I wonder? Obviously not the way to choose >>the strongest challenger. The old candidates matches were better than >>this >>nonsense...
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