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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