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Subject: Re: Ivanchuk beat Anand and there will be a tie break for the Female !

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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