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Subject: Re: I thought Anand, by beating Karpov in Leon Spain, is Fide's Champ?

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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