Author: Jonas Cohonas
Date: 07:17:46 03/06/02
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On March 06, 2002 at 09:13:32, David Dory wrote: >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 It takes less than genius to come up with that "Other mysterious factors" deal and more than a fool to buy into that, so i have to say that i don't agree with you. Chess is what happens on the board everything outside is politics and should not be taken into account when talking chess. Regards Jonas
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