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Subject: Chess Oscar -- Kasparov did not finish second

Author: Michael de la Maza

Date: 04:36:54 05/27/99

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On May 26, 1999 at 21:51:23, James Robertson wrote:

>On May 26, 1999 at 20:32:31, Prakash Das wrote:
>
>>On May 26, 1999 at 17:50:36, KarinsDad wrote:
>>
>>>Is there no stopping Garry this year? It seems like Anand from last year.
>>
>> Only difference: last year Garry didn't play and the mouse(Anand) had his day.
>>This year even with Anand playing, Garry is King. There is a huge chasm between
>>Kasparov and any other player.
>> Bravo! :)
>>
>>ps: Anand winning chess oscar when garry didn't play is a joke.
>
>He still won second place. ;)
>
>James

No he didn't.  According to TWIC, here are the final standings for the chess
oscar:
1.Anand — 3278 points
2.Morozevich — 2146
3.Kasparov — 1993
4.Kramnik — 1865
5.Shirov — 1853
6.Karpov — 764
7.Svidler — 736
8.Ivanchuk — 609
9.Adams — 510
10.Leko — 474



Michael



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