Author: Charles Milton Ling
Date: 14:22:32 12/25/00
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On December 25, 2000 at 12:29:17, Jorge Pichard wrote: >On December 25, 2000 at 12:15:27, Charles Milton Ling wrote: > >>I am not arguing about the confidence level. >>I would only like to state that Anand is really to be pitied if winning three >>games and drawing one is ascribed to mere good fortune. >> >>Charley > >Remember you first have to qualify to play at the final by eliminating a bunch >of other good players. Therefore, by just qualifying to play at the final it was >a very tidious task which required much more than simply winning convincibly >3.5 games he also was the only players not to lose a single game period. Sorry >your comment is reflecting the same attitude of all Shirov's fans. > >PS: Can you simply accept the fact that he was the best player overall, not only >for winning this Knockout FIDE match, but the best player period. > >Pichard. Please... Read what I said again more carefully. I was *emphasizing* that if you expect more of Anand than the result he achieved, you are demanding the absurd. Incidentally, as far as any "fandom" of mine goes, it extends equally to both of these great players. "Best player period"? Debatable. But I won't argue. (I think there is *no* "best player period" at the moment.) Charley
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