Author: Mike Hood
Date: 09:02:25 11/16/05
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On November 16, 2005 at 10:55:31, Uri Blass wrote: >On November 16, 2005 at 10:30:20, Mike Hood wrote: > >>On November 16, 2005 at 07:52:37, Thomas Logan wrote: >> >>>http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp?newsid=2742 >>> >>>Tom >> >>Blah blah blah. >> >>This declaration is all about politics and has nothing to do with chess. >> >>Topalov is making more enemies than friends by siding with FIDE in this matter. > >I am not sure about it. >I like his decision and I am not sure what is the opinion of the majority. > > > >>Maybe he is stronger than Kramnik, based on his recent performance, maybe not. >>But many people regard Kramnik as the true classical chess champion, so Topalov >>should swallow his pride and agree to a title match to unify the titles. > >I do not regard kramnik as the true classical chess champion and I remember that >Kramnik was invited to the fide championship and rejected the invitation. > >There is more than one reason not to consider kramnik as the champion. >1)Kramnik lost a match against shirov and I know no world champion that got the >right to play for the world championship after losing a match so kramnik should >not play for the title in the first place. > >2)Kramnik is not the best player based on rating. > >Usually I am not going to consider 2 as a serious reason but in this case >poor results were used against Shirov when sponsors prefered Kramnik >to play against kasparov so it is only fair if they are used now against >kramnik. > >Uri The fact remains that the world championship was split into two opposing factions with two opposing world champions in 1993. (Let's not get into a discussion of the reasons and whether they were justified). Today, 15 years later, we still have two rival factions and two world champions. Both factions agree that the reasons for the separation no longer exist. It's a purely political decision what should happen next. One possible solution is for a reunification match between the two champions to take place. Another solution is for one of the two factions to unilaterally declare the other faction non-existent. Take your pick. As for Kramnik not taking part in the FIDE world championship, I can understand his reasons. He considered himself a world champion already (note that I said "a" and not "the"), so he wanted to wait for the dust in FIDE to settle and challenge the other world champion. If Kramnik had taken part in the FIDE world championship tournament and lost it would have complicated matters, politically, by invalidating his claims to a reunification match.
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