Author: James Robertson
Date: 10:38:22 08/20/99
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On August 20, 1999 at 02:17:42, KarinsDad wrote: >On August 19, 1999 at 22:10:04, James Robertson wrote: > >>On August 19, 1999 at 20:45:56, James T. Walker wrote: >> >>>On August 18, 1999 at 20:15:43, Mark Ryan wrote: >>> >>>>... will be rated 2646 or less. Under the current FIDE World Championship >>>>tournament format, maybe a chess program would have a genuine shot ! >>>> >>>>Cheers, >>>>Mark >>> >>>Hello Mark, >>>This simply is not true! First of all if you recalculate Khalifman's rating >>>right now it would probably be over 2700 because of his performance in the >>>tournament. Anyway, All of the major players had a chance to play and the ones >>>that passed have no right to complain. Same as Fischer, when he refused to play >>>Karpov in Manila. He didn't play and he lost his title. The World Champion is >>>not necessarily the best player in the world at any given moment and vice versa. >>> The opportunity to win the title was there. The one who comes out on top may >>>not be the best in the world but he will still be the Champion. >>>Jim Walker >> >>What you say here is true, but the _goal_ of the FIDE WC is to find the best >>player in the world. It is obviously not doing this here. >> >>James > >For this moment in time, not last month, not next month, the best player in the >world (by definition) will be in Las Vegas. And he will be World Champion. Just >like Fischer, Capablanca, Lasker, and Tal. > >Kasparov was invited. Anand was invited. Karpov was invited. They chose not to >play. They chose to not earn the title of the World Champion. Kramnik, Shirov, >Adams, Short, Polgar, Topalov, and all of the rest of the "name" players did not >succeed. Too bad. Kasparov cannot claim that he is best in the world (even if he >is) if he will not even participate. That's like Lasker claiming to be the best >in the world when he wouldn't give Capablanca a shot at the title. > >Akopian and Khalifman played the tournament of their life (so far). Chess is not >just a game of who makes the best moves (we at a computer chess forum tend to >put more emphasis on "perfect" play). Chess is a game of nerves, talent, >strength, psychology, wits, and luck. Regardless of the outcome, the best player >will win. > >KarinsDad :) We can say that FIDE is able to control and award 'the' title of World Champion because they have been doing just that since 194x. But since they have the right by 'tradition' to award the title, why don't they obey the rules set up by 'tradition' to decide who gets the title? When you change the format, etc. to get the title, it is no longer the same title. The title that FIDE awards is 'FIDE WC' and not 'WC'. James
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