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Subject: Re: New FIDE World Champion ...

Author: James Robertson

Date: 13:22:19 08/20/99

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You mentioned Alekhine as a WC; he avoided a rematch with Capablance and instead
played a series of matches with the hand-picked opponent Bogolyugubov. If
anything, his title has less wieght than Kasparov's who played 3 rematches with
Karpov.

But you are right, we can argue this until blue in the face. My closing argument
is: I cannot respect a WC format in which luck is a primary factor. Two games
just cannot provide a trustworthy match result beteen two players. If it could,
then how come the finals and semifinals aren't 2 games? The fact that FIDE has
made the 6 and 4 shows just how random this whole thing is.

James



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