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Subject: Re: Kasimdzhanov vs Anand, Linares Rd. 11 Test Position

Author: Terry McCracken

Date: 09:49:53 03/07/05

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On March 07, 2005 at 12:35:15, Gabor Szots wrote:

>On March 07, 2005 at 09:20:49, Terry McCracken wrote:
>
>>On March 07, 2005 at 01:53:06, Gabor Szots wrote:
>>
>>>>P.S 2 Whoever wins Linares, in my book, is the WCC! I give Kasparov the nod, but
>>>>Anand stills has a small chance to overtake Kasparov.
>>>
>>>Why Linares? A tournament with only 7 players of whom 2 are only spectators? A
>>>tournament missing, among others, Kramnyik?
>>>
>>>Anyway, you shouls have made this statement before round 1...
>>>
>>>Gábor
>>
>>Why not? And why before round 1?
>
>Because then you could not know the current standing.

Actually I predicted Kasparov to win before the tournament...Anand
second...Leko...third.
>
> Kramnik faired poorly in the Corus tour. in
>>Wijk aan Zee, he was only in 7th place! Kramnik rarely does well in these
>>events.
>
>Every one has bad tournaments. Even Kasparov.

Yes...But Kasparov record in Super Tournaments is unsurpassed! Kramnik is no
rival.
>
>I DO NOT recognize him as the Classical WCC. He will NEVER give Kasparov
>>a return match. He'll LOSE, and he KNOWS it.
>
>Why would he lose? Any evidence in favour of this argument? I can see only one,
>but that is showing in the opposite direction: their match was won by Kramnyik.

There is evidence for this, and Kramnik has dodged Kasparov for more than 4
years..end of story!
>
>Practically you are saying that the best method to determine the world champion
>is by round robin tournaments. And this has not been the practice so far.
>
>Gábor

With the FIDE in it's current state why the hell not?!



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