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Subject: Re: Kramnik is not the champion of anything (IMO)

Author: Vincent Setterholm

Date: 15:27:01 11/03/00

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>Kamsky has more right to be WC  he slaughtered Kramnik in their PCA candidates
>match.  Kramnik is a good player, he is the world champ but NOT the strongest
>player in the world. It would've been better if they ran the gauntlet  24game
>match... That is the real test. For sake of argument let's say game 16 is drawn
>that's 9-7 in Kramniks favor....with 8 more games how much would you want to bet
>that this thing would've been drawn or won by kasparov?

I think it is fairly clear that Kramnik still would have won. Kasparov didn't
win a single game in this tournament!  I have nothing but respect for Gary, but
he was clearly outplayed.



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