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Subject: Re: Shirov was stolen. he should have been THE CANDIDATE.

Author: Lonnie Cook

Date: 19:02:28 11/02/00

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On November 02, 2000 at 17:15:23, James Robertson wrote:

>On November 02, 2000 at 16:11:44, Tomas Casanovas Martinez wrote:
>
>>On November 02, 2000 at 15:38:07, Mogens Larsen wrote:
>>
>>>On November 02, 2000 at 15:06:21, Aloisio Ponti Lopes wrote:
>>>
>>>>Well, it seems that lazy Kaspy can't win the young Kramnik. Now let's see a real
>>>>bloody fight! Guess what? I think that Shirov would win!
>>>>
>>>>A. Ponti
>>>
>>>I think it would be much more interesting to have one World Champion instead of
>>>two, so I hope Kramnik decides to play in the FIDE championships.
>>>
>>>Besides, Shirov has to qualify before meeting Kramnik. It isn't professional
>>>boxing even though you can easily confuse the two.
>>>
>>>Mogens.
>>
>>If my info is right, Shirov won Kramnik no so long ago in a preliminary match,
>
>It was two years ago, if I remember correctly. Since then, Kramnik has trounced
>Shirov winning at least two games against him and losing none. I think that in a
>Kramnik - Shirov match, Shirov would be sadly outclassed....

a couple games doesn't show Kramnik is superior in strength, a match certainly
would be more distinctive in showing a true person's strength verse a specific
opponent.
>
>James
>
>>but Kasparov didn't like to face him in a match for the World title. The Spanish
>>press mentioned a couple of weeks ago that Shirov went to court to fight for his
>>clear right to be the candidate to the World Championship.
>>
>>So let's expect a final match between Kramnik and Shirov to decide who is the
>>real World Champion.
>>
>>Tomas.
>>
>>... by the way, although I consider Shirov to be the best chess player in the
>>world today, I know that he has just lost a game some hours ago in the Olympics
>>in Istambul against Boris Gelfand... ;-)



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