Author: Tony Nichols
Date: 15:15:46 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 Hello Uri, If we remember correctly Shirov refused a contract to play Kasparov and the match fell apart. It must have been difficult generating interest in such a match given Kasparov's huge plus score. Unfortunately when a player is also an organizer he will take the blame, but I'm not sure we can blame anyone but Shirov. Regards Tony
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