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

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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