Author: Bigler
Date: 02:00:28 04/01/05
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On April 01, 2005 at 03:47:49, Vikrant Malvankar wrote: >On April 01, 2005 at 01:49:48, Bigler wrote: > >>On March 31, 2005 at 08:44:58, Jorge Pichard wrote: >> >>>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 >> >>I do not totally agree because ELO rating is a result of old tournaments where >>Anand did very well. >>If you look at the performance of the last 2 SUPER TOURNAMENTS, you will see >>that Anand didn't do so good. >>Anand can "easely" win against a 2600 ELO player but it seems not to be as >>fermorment against 2700 ELO and more player. >> >>For your information, I am not an Leko fan thus especially when I see that he >>did draw all his games in Linares which I do not approve. >> >>regards > > >You yourself say that Leko did not play well in Linares and then put him above >Anand. >Both played badly. >Anand was 2nd till the last round when he lost to Adams whom he had beaten >earlier in Corus. So what? even Kasparov lost to Topalov so is he also worse >than Leko? . Atleast Anand had a chance to fight for title against Kasparov Leko >had no such chance. Really speaking it was not such a poor performance from >Anand in both the tournaments and if u calculate properly he win gain some elo >points and not lose some. > >Regards > >Vikrant Ok, we cant say that Anand did a bad performance but Leko did a better performance. Look at the last 2 SUPER TOURNAMENTS, Leko performance is better than Anand. And Leko did no effort in Linares.... regards
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