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Subject: Re: Kramnik can't run away from Anand Now that Kasparov has retired

Author: Jorge Pichard

Date: 05:44:58 03/31/05

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On March 31, 2005 at 08:09:49, Bigler wrote:

>On March 31, 2005 at 07:45:32, Jorge Pichard wrote:
>
>>On March 31, 2005 at 07:44:31, Jorge Pichard wrote:
>>
>>
>>Kasparov and even Leko were prefered opponents to Kramnik for the
>>World Championship; even if Anand deserved it more than Leko by Rating points.
>>Now that Kasparov has retired, Mr Kramnik doesn't have a choice than to defend
>>his title against the current best player.
>>
>>http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp?newsid=2294
>
>Anand is very strong and maybe N°1 now that Kasparov has retired.
>But the last results from Linares and Corus seems to show that Anand is no
>stronger than Leko or Topalov.
>Kramnik games since 2001 are getting more and more diapointing.
>
>for me World N°1 is :
>1)Leko
>2)Anand
>3)Topalov
>
>Kramnik comes only much later...  :-)
>
>regards

The Rating is a better reflection of who is who, which keep track of all their
tournament results. Therefore, Anand has the best rating at the moment :-)

Jorge



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