Author: Larry S. Tamarkin
Date: 00:03:38 01/02/98
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What a bunch of nonsence this World Championship Tournament. If the average smo can't tell that Karpov Title is Currubt, it would be a shame. I think it was great class of Kramnick to withdraw when FIDE was 'stupid' enough to still keep their guy in after Kasparov rebuffed them. Aside from that It has been a very exciting, if somewhat comical tournament. Amazingly enough, the strongest player was still strong & lucky enough to find his way through to the end. (I don't even consider what happens in the match between Anand and Karpov important anymore) One only needs to remember what Christiansen play against Benjamin looked like after the endless blitz games he had to play against Yasser Seirawan. In my opinion, Anand is now much stronger than Karpov - It only remains to be seen whether Anand also can continue the youthful energy that has taken him to this point in order to beat this Karpov guy with his absurd handicaps of being very well rested, and having the pleasure of examining every one of Anands past games in this latest event to pick out his weaknesses. Amuzingly, It is the same kind of advantage that Kasparov complained about DeepBlue having against him in that ill-fated match; that the DeepBlue team (with Benjamin) could look at all of Kasparov's recent games, but that Kasparov had very little to look at of DeepBlue. Perhaps a key difference will be that Karpov (great as he is)is no DeepBlue! Anyway the only interesting FIDE World Champion would be Anand: partly because Karpov has lost just about every match to Kasparov over the years, and I don't think anything is going to change here, and also because Anand is younger and showing the kind of doggedness that Kasparov had to show years ago to beat Karpov. If Anand does win a reunification match against Kasparov is a likely posibility. If Karpov wins, It is unlikely that sponsors (at least uncorupted sponsors) could be found interested enough in such a match. Either way Every one with a brain in their head knows who the strongest player (& real World Champion) is. The only difference is the chance of sooner seeing a True World Championship between the 2 or 3(Kramnik of course!)strongest players in the World for a new (& proven) World Champion. Lawrence Tamarkin mrslug - the inkopetent chess software addict! On January 01, 1998 at 09:43:41, Dirk Frickenschmidt wrote: >On January 01, 1998 at 01:35:07, Robert Hyatt wrote: > >Who takes this FIDE show serious as a "world championship" anyway? > >1. The mode the games were played (often decided by blitzing) does not >lead to serious chess results compared to the old match rules. Most GMs >probably played this to earn a lot of money fast and having some fun, >nothing else... > >2. The 'lex Karpov' (how many extra-rules designed for him has he got in >his chess career?) is absolutely ridiculous: having one player with the >provilge to see the others play lots of nerv-taking and strenght-taking >rounds and then playing against the exhausted winner of this game show. > >My only pleasure is that he will have to play Anand, the only player >being able to play this mode and still being well and alive enough to >beat Karpov after beating anyone else coming his way (as long as Kramnik >and Kasparov are not spoiling this pleasure). > > >So it will not be quite as easy for Karpov to become >pseudo-world-champion as it was designed before. > >Kind regards from Dirk > > >>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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