Author: Mark R. Anderson
Date: 08:00:03 11/10/04
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On November 10, 2004 at 07:32:58, Uri Blass wrote: >On November 10, 2004 at 01:25:01, Tony Nichols wrote: > >>On November 10, 2004 at 00:18:23, Peter Darin wrote: >> >>>On November 10, 2004 at 00:09:11, Tony Nichols wrote: >>> >>>>On November 09, 2004 at 23:24:20, Peter Darin wrote: >>>> >>>>>He is running away. >>>> >>>>From what? >>>>Tony >>> >>>from playing Kasparov of course whom he is afraid to play. >> >>I don't know what makes you think Kramnik is afraid to play Kasparov. After all >>he beat Kasparov for the title. There is no evidence that he is afraid. There is >>evidence that Kasparov does not want to play Kramnik. He declined to play in the >>Dortmund qualifier. He went back to fide. If Kasparov wanted to play Kramnik so >>bad he would have played in Dortmund. I think many people don't understand that >>Kramnik is trying to reform chess. Kasparov instigated the mess we have now. I >>too would like to see them play, but Kasparov should have to qualify. >>Regards, >>Tony > >Kramnik did not qualify for playing against kasparov in the first place so I do >not count his win against kasparov. > >I think that the only player who is qualified to play against kasparov is shirov >and as long as shirov is alive no other people are qualified unless shirov >rejects a match against kasparov and kasparov accept it. > >Uri Uri, That was years ago and is very dated. Also, Kasparov beats Shirov regularly "like a drum." Last time I looked, at various time controls, Kasparov was something like +15-0 against Shirov, not counting draws. Shirov has *never* beaten Kasparov, and a match with him against Kasparov would be very one-sided. I'm sure Kasparov would welcome it, and the easy payday. At this point, Kasparov's tough opponents are people like Kramnik, Anand, Leko, Morozevich, Topalov. These are the people he should play, not Shirov. Mark Anderson
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