Author: Tina Long
Date: 23:41:28 08/19/99
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On August 18, 1999 at 16:42:46, José de Jesús García Ruvalcaba wrote: >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. To add a bit, "Advanced chess": whole game in 60 mins, use of computers (Fritz5.32 was used) permitted during the game. Tina Long
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