Author: David Dory
Date: 06:13:32 03/06/02
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On March 06, 2002 at 04:01:47, Jonas Cohonas wrote:
>On March 05, 2002 at 21:31:10, Tim Mirabile wrote:
>
>>I have nothing against Ponomariov, but the fact that he has to prove that he
>>belongs among the elite players even after winning the FIDE Championship just
>>shows what a farce the FIDE Championship is.
>>
>He does not have to prove anything playing wise (except what all elite
>chessplayers has to prove) nobody can win an event like fide knockout, wether we
>like this event or not, without belonging to the elite.
>What he is doing now in Linares is proving sceptics wrong, others already knew
>that his rating was/is justified.
>Most people i have talked to that did not care for pono's result did not do so,
>because they rather saw ivanchuck winning, not because they did not like the
>event :)
>I think that the real farce was the statements made by ivanchuck after the match
>where he credited his loss to the timecontrol and in his own words "other
>mysterious factors" :) he said that pono did not play good, but where does that
>leave his own skills?? agreed i don't like fide i don't like their timecontrols,
>but the conditions were the same for both players and pono won!
>In Linares he again beat ivanchuck, this time using standard Time control....
>so where is chucky now with his claims??
>
>Regards
>Jonas
Ivanchuck shows his real brilliance, see it? He's not losing because of his
skill, or even just luck. NO!! He's losing now because of:
"Other mysterious factors"
He's a genius! I love it!!
Dave
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