Author: Martin Giepmans
Date: 17:14:36 12/20/02
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On December 20, 2002 at 19:12:48, Rolf Tueschen wrote: >Already couple of years ago I wrote that the two players are very different. > >Karpov was already with 9 years old experienced and clever like an old man. He >had enormous stamina. Most of the time he won dull endings with slightest >advantages. His famous feeling for manoeuvering is his biggest weapon. > >Kasparov is much more based on incredibly deep and ingenious preparations. He >has sensational calculating power. > >But now take these two personalities in their older age. By force you will see >that Kasparov will decrease in his strength more and more. He must go the way of >Tal who said good-bye to the extremely tiring calculations with incredible >combinations. However Karpov plays still his extremely economical chess. Of >course he lost in speed as well. Much of his success is also due to his fame of >course. > >The year 2002 was a great come-back for Karpov, see Prague and now this great >show in NY! In a little Internet match he blitzed down GM Roman. > >Many might now feel regrets that in the 1997/78 FIDE Wch (Groningen/Lausanne) >they thought that Anand just lost by chance against Karpov (in the final blitz >games!). > >Karpov is clearly with Bobby Fischer the most successful tournament player of >modern times. Kasparov might have the greater genius than Karpov, but he is also >much more imbalanced psychologically. Only these two would have had a chance to >be compared with Fischer! Just to make the conclusion, I want to state that >Fischer is the Greatest of all time because he, different to the Soviets from >Aserbeidjan and Russia, now both Russians, had not the extraordinary team >support, so as a single individual he tops them all! Hopefully Bobby will come >back and later play the Senior League of Chess. > >Rolf Tueschen > >(Sorry for the OFF TOPIC, but computer chess is based on chess IMO.) I hope Karpov will come back. I always liked his subtle style. You are probably right about the effect of aging. Smyslow, with a similar style, was still very strong in old age. Martin
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