Author: Albert Silver
Date: 06:09:25 11/12/04
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>>Kasparov did a favour to kramnik by agreeing to play with him.
>>Kasparov could say easily that kramnik does not qualify because kramnik lost
>>against shirov and refuse to play against kramnik.
>>Uri
>
>Hi Uri
>Kasparov definitely needed the match more than Kramnik. He was in danger of
>losing creditability as champion. He went 5 years without defending his title.
>After the Shirov match fell thru he tried to play Anand. When Anand declined he
>tried to play Karpov. When that fell thru he was in big trouble. If Kramnik had
>also refused Kasparov would have had to play a much weaker player. The chess
>world probably would not accept this. In reality Kramnik helped Kasparov more
>then Kasparov helped Kramnik.
I wonder whether you wrote that with a straight face. Kramnik helped Kasparov
more than.... I actually laughed out loud when I read that.
"Your honor, the alleged "victim" suffers from obesity, and high blood pressure,
so when my client stole the victim's Mercedes-Benz, forcing the victim to walk
and adopt a new healthier life-style, he was helping him more than he was
helping himself. He deserves a medal in my book."
Albert
I agree that Kasparov agreed to worse(fair!?)
>conditions than he had against Karpov. He should be applauded for this. But this
>is no reason to just hand him a rematch.
>Regards
>Tony
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