Author: Vikrant Malvankar
Date: 06:28:34 04/01/05
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On April 01, 2005 at 05:00:28, Bigler wrote: >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. U r judging based on only 2 tournaments just wait and watch. >And Leko did no effort in Linares.... btw is it good or bad? for me a fighting loss is always better than a tired draw. > >regards
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