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Subject: Re: 64-player bracket for FIDE championship

Author: Peter Kappler

Date: 13:55:31 08/03/99

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On August 03, 1999 at 16:27:08, Stephen Ham wrote:

>On August 03, 1999 at 14:41:38, Peter Kappler wrote:
>
>>
>>Round 2 already contains some really tough matchups:
>
>Dear Peter, it seems to me that there are clear favorites:
>
>>Tiviakov-Kramnik      Kramnik is too strong for Tiviakov, although it's interesting that the later now living in The Netherlands. Does anyone know if he plays for The Netherlands too?
>
>>Ponomariov-Topalov    Topalov, though recently off-form is still too experienced and strong.
>
>>Ehlvest-Bareev        Bareev is red hot now and will win.
>>Gelfand-Speelman      Gelfand will win
>>Kamsky-Khalifman      This will be interesting. At their best, Kamsky is the strongest , but he's been inactive for a couple years, so my $ is on Khalifman.
>>Shirov-Sokolov        Shirov, the world's #2 rated player should win easily.
>

Stephen,

I agree with all of your predictions.  When I said "tough matchup", I was just
trying to point out that matches pit "big-name" players against each other --
guys who have all been in the top 10-15 in the world at some point in their
careers.

:-)

--Peter





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