Author: Mike Byrne
Date: 18:47:13 09/15/04
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On September 15, 2004 at 21:36:11, Joseph Merolle wrote: >Most say this person is Viktor Korchnoi however although not a popular vote I >think this person by far is Yassar Seirawan! Yassar stoped both Kaspy , Karpov, >and crushed Viktor Korchnoi. I think people just vote for their underdog rather >then looking at facts and who the better players really are. I should add >Kasparov was in his prime when Yassar beat him (more then once) back when no one >could tauch him. Love to here your agreement or disagrement. > >Yassar Come out of Retirement with the Fide Knox outs you still have a chance to >bring the title back to USA! All in agreement say I. > >Regards JAMerolle IMO , it is Korchnoi- but I thing Yassar is a terrific player. Unfortunately , he is not quite there. The truth is Yassar never even cracked the top 10 for one year let alone the top 2 or 3. Contrast that to Viktor who was in the top ten for 25 consecutive years. http://www.chessmetrics.com/PL/PL36683.htm http://www.chessmetrics.com/PL/PL20573.htm When Yassar played Viktor , Viktor was a mere shadow of his best days in chess.
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