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Subject: Re: Off Top(hmm he does have a comp named after him:) Karpov draft dodger!!

Author: Umar Farooq

Date: 23:11:52 07/27/99

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On July 27, 1999 at 18:07:21, Charles Unruh wrote:

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>I wish this guy would at least retire from chess, if he is going to refuse to
>play.  I give it to him that he won the last Fide world championships.  Now
>however he has no claim to such a title.  If he isn't going to play in the
>current champs he should at least retire!  He knows there's no way that he can
>hold a match with any of the top 5 players except maybe Morozevich(lack of
>experience).  He should just do it for the good of chess and stop embarassing
>himself.  Heck even if he pulled a Kasparov and just said "Ok me and
>Shirov/whoever will play a match for the title" would be fine but he needs to
>finish it up.  He's had a great run but the race is over!
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>P.S Karpov has a deal with millenium chess computers
>P.S #2
>In the recent movie "The Saint"  The character playing the president of Russia
>was named President Karpov, and he stood by a computer in the movie.

He is one of the Greatest Grandmaster of Chess History . Give him some respect.



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