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Subject: Re: "Statistically insignificant" Anand win against Kramnik

Author: James Robertson

Date: 13:47:12 12/26/00

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On December 26, 2000 at 11:04:04, Jorge Pichard wrote:

>On December 25, 2000 at 17:22:32, Charles Milton Ling wrote:
>
>>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
>
>Probably this article base on these probabilities will convince you; As you can
>tell all the experts agreed that Anand was the best form the start:
>
>http://www.kasparov.com/serve/templates/folders/show.asp?p_docID=13880&p_docLang=EN
>
>Pichard.

Nobody said he is obviously better than Kramnik and Kasparov, both of whom beat
him recently and have higher ratings....

James



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