Author: Charles Milton Ling
Date: 15:16:58 12/26/00
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On December 26, 2000 at 16:47:12, James Robertson wrote: >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 Thank you, James. I was beginning to think I had lost my mind. Charley
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