Author: Daniel Jackson
Date: 19:31:05 10/21/04
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On October 21, 2004 at 21:51:52, Steve B wrote: >> >>My own sense is, if true, Kramnik has just turned world opinion against him very >>quickly. > > >let us not forget..Kasparov broke away from Fide when he defended his title >against Short. >it was Kasparov who threw the title of World Champion into the current state of >confusion > >Krammink was a part of Kasparov's team against Annad > >so Krammink had a good teacher and a good precedent to do this now > >Kasparov should be the LAST person on earth to complain about it > >lets see if he does.. >Steve Yes Kasparov did and I'm sure he regrets it...but it's another story with Kramnik and he _does_ want to avoid Kasparov and has for four years, so yeah I'd complain if I were Kasparov. Why shouldn't he? He's _entitled_ to a rematch! The FIDE will take a long time to fix and Kramnik is only making it harder. He knows the mistakes Kasparov made and he did it for good reasons too, but it failed! History repeats!
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