Author: Tord Romstad
Date: 01:49:39 12/14/01
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On December 13, 2001 at 13:30:04, Sally Weltrop wrote: >On December 13, 2001 at 10:53:16, Tord Romstad wrote: > >>Duzhe dobre! :-) >> >>I cannot remember the last time a chess result has made me so happy. Vasyl' >>Ivanchuk has been my favorite player for about a decade. I was very >>pessimistic before the semifinal against Anand, and when Anand equalized >>easily with black in the third game I almost gave up all hope. > >I agree. Ivanchuk hasn't been glorified like some of the other Super GM's Not in recent years, but in the early 90es many people expected him to become the next world champion. >but he always was a strong player as long as he didn't do himself in through >his own nerves. He is also one of the very few real chess artists in the current chess elite. >He's finally coming into his own. I hope so, too, but I am still afraid of being too optimistic. Ruslan Ponomariov is a dangerous opponent. >Looking into my database it seems like >he does better verse Kramnik than Kasparov if it means anything. Let's hope he regains enough confidence to start beating Kasparov again, too! Tord
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