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Subject: Re: Will Ponomariov be the youngest chess Champion ever ?

Author: Miguel A. Ballicora

Date: 12:32:48 01/22/02

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On January 22, 2002 at 13:09:07, Russell Reagan wrote:

>The youngest winner of a crapshoot (a.k.a. knockout tournament sponsored by
>FIDE)...yes, he will be that.
>
>Youngest world champion...no.

Whatever, he will be the youngest that beat everybody that put himself on
the line. In my book, that is a champion and the whole world was open to
participate. Call it whatever you want, it deserves a whole lot of respect.
I will personally call him World Champion but let's wait until it is over.

Regards,
Miguel





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