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Subject: Re: The Greatest Player Never to Become World Champion

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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