Author: José de Jesús García Ruvalcaba
Date: 13:42:46 08/18/99
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On August 18, 1999 at 15:19:28, gerard sanchez wrote: > > > I was browsing through worldfide.com to see the results of the matches. > As I browsed I read something the Karpov was the Fide champ and was > disqualified only because he refused to participate in the current Fide > tournament. However, I remembered something about Anand beating Karpov 5-1 > in Leon, Spain for the Fide World Championship. It was not for the FIDE world championship, or any championship at all. > -Did the match in Leon, Spain has really no bearing on the title for the > FIDE World Champ. Exactly. > -What was at stake at that match? (Leon, Spain) > The prize fund. > Confused > > geepee Also, the match in León was "Advanced Chess", and not Chess. That is not even rated.
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