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Subject: Re: What is good for the Goose is good for the Gander--Kramnik vs Shredder!

Author: Jay Rinde

Date: 13:47:54 04/22/01

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On April 21, 2001 at 15:33:51, Ingo Bauer wrote:

>On April 21, 2001 at 10:37:37, Jay Rinde wrote:
>
>>Under the heading of "What is good for the Goose is good for the Gander" at
>>another site, the author asked the question, "When Karpov was FIDE world champ
>>and FIDE decided that Karpov would have to compete with others to win his title
>>again, he refused to play and got little sympathy from the chess community.  Is
>>that because most chess players disliked Karpov?  Now Shredder is getting the
>>shaft but the chess public is up in arms. Love Shredder, hate Karpov."
>>
>>While there is differences, there is also similarities.
>
>Sorry but i dont think that you are right!
>
>As you have writen. The Organisation that GAVE the official title ( FIDE ) asked
>Karpov to fight for his title again.

He would say what Karpov said!!
>In the Shredder case BGN opens a complete new Title competition.
>
>To have similarities to the Karpov case BGN would have to ask V. ANAND to fight
>for his Title AGAIN against Kramnik after a Tourney against lets say Kasparov,
>Shirov ....
>
>What do you Think would ANAND say??
>
>Regards
>Ingo Bauer



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