Author: Mark R. Anderson
Date: 07:06:08 12/20/05
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Eduard, Thanks for the post, but I must disagree with one thing ... Vladimir Kramnik is NOT the World Champion, since he refused to play. (Also, his results have not been too good in the last year, and his rating is now around 7th or 8th, if I remember correctly). You can't keep your title if you refuse to play! If that were true, then Bobby Fischer would still be champ (he still is in his own mind). Kramnik was invited to the WC tournament but did not play. He had the chance, he declined ... his decision. Veselin Topalov played brilliantly, as he has during the whole year and richly deserved his victory. Also, he administered Kasparov both a tournament and a personal defeat in GK's last tourney. Thus the torch is passed. I think if Kramnik wants to be champ, he should get the gloves on and climb in the "ring" with the others. THEN we can see how strong he is now. That's the problem ... he is NOT as strong as when he beat Kasparov. Watch, I think he will again have about an even or +1 showing this this tournament now. Respectable, but not a big deal and certainly not WC standard. He's not the Kramnik he used to be (don't know why...), and THAT is the real reason he's not playing, I think. He doesn't want to get beat ... he would rather say, "I am still the champ," and nobody can disprove it since he refuses to PROVE it by playing. It's been 5 years since he beat GK, and he only defended his title (NOT against Kasparov, Anand, or Topalov) and drew the match (barely), but did not win. So, he drew ONE match in the last 5 years, refuses to play in the WC cycle and claims he is still the best, despite being ranked about 7th or 8th? Mark Anderson On December 19, 2005 at 17:10:34, Eduard Nemeth wrote: >58th RUSSIAN CHAMPIONSHIP SUPERFINAL - ab HEUTE > >Round 1, today: > >Svidler Petr 2740 Kramnik Vladimir 2739 1 - 0 >Motylev Alexander 2632 Dreev Alexey 2694 1/2 - 1/2 >Tomashevsky Evgeny 2564 Morozevich Alexander 2707 1/2 - 1/2 >Rublevsky Sergey 2652 Bareev Evgeny 2675 1 - 0 >Yakovenko Dmitry 2644 Zvjaginsev Vadim 2659 1/2 - 1/2 >Khalifman Alexander 2653 Volkov Sergey 2614 1/2 - ½ > >Offizial Site with Broadcast: > >http://www.russiachess.ru/mods.php?name=section&oid=1118&bid=31 > >Svidler gegen Kramnik in PGN: > >[Event "RUS-ch 58th"] >[Site "Moscow"] >[Date "2005.12.19"] >[Round "1"] >[White "GM Svidler, Petr"] >[Black "GM Kramnik, Vladimir"] >[Result "1-0"] >[ECO "C42"] >[WhiteElo "2740"] >[BlackElo "2739"] >[PlyCount "95"] >[EventDate "2005.12.19"] >[EventType "tourn"] >[EventRounds "11"] >[EventCountry "RUS"] >[EventCategory "17"] > >1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. dxc3 Be7 7. Be3 O-O >8. Qd2 Nc6 9. O-O-O Ne5 10. h4 Re8 11. h5 Bf6 12. Kb1 a6 13. Nh2 b5 14. Be2 Bb7 >15. f4 Nd7 16. Bf3 Bxf3 17. gxf3 Qe7 18. Ng4 Qe6 19. Rdg1 Kh8 20. h6 g6 21. Re1 >Qf5 22. Bd4 Bxd4 23. Qxd4+ f6 24. a3 Re6 25. Ne3 Qc5 26. Nd5 Rae8 27. Rxe6 Rxe6 >28. Qxc5 dxc5 29. Nxc7 Rc6 30. Ne8 Kg8 31. Rd1 Nf8 32. Nd6 f5 33. a4 Ne6 34. >axb5 axb5 35. Nxb5 Nxf4 36. Rd8+ Kf7 37. Rd7+ Kf6 38. Rxh7 Kg5 39. b3 Ne6 40. >Kb2 Kh5 41. Rc7 Rb6 42. h7 Rb8 43. Re7 Ng5 44. f4 Nh3 45. Nc7 Rh8 46. Nd5 g5 >47. fxg5 Nxg5 48. Re5 1-0
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