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Subject: Re: Actually Pono

Author: Graham Laight

Date: 02:16:46 02/11/03

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On February 11, 2003 at 05:13:27, Jouni Uski wrote:

>On February 11, 2003 at 04:51:31, Graham Laight wrote:
>
>>On February 11, 2003 at 01:02:58, Jouni Uski wrote:
>>
>>>New York match was billed as The FIDE Man Vs Machine World Chess Championship so
>>>who won?!
>>>
>>>Jouni
>>
>>My understanding is that in chess, if a championship is drawn, then the title
>>remains with the holder.
>>
>>The holder must be beaten for it to go to the challenger.
>>
>>-g
>
>But Garry has not been Fide champion in many years - If I remember right
>Ponomariov is current.

OK - I stand corrected. But this does lead to another question: how can they
credibly claim that this event was "The FIDE Man Vs Machine World Chess
Championship"?

-g

>Jouni



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