| Wlodzimierz Holsztynski (Wlod) 2006-03-10, 11:30 pm |
| Edwared Winter didn't have much to say
about A.Karpov in the context of the
termination of Karpov-kasparov match
because Karpov didn't provide much
material. Karpov is clever this way--
he does what he does and he does not
explain, he does not justifies himself,
he is just doing his thing. He doesn't
care much how it looks, he doesn't
care much about anybody's opinion,
he just cares about Karpov.
However, Edward Winter and Winter like
historians, who try to identify all available
material, should catch, as I did, one of
the statements by Karpov in which he
clearly says that he wanted/expected
a postponement of the match. after
which the match would resume with
his 5:3 advantage intact. From what I
remember, he expected that to the last
moment, and was quite shocked when
things went differently. Campo did quite
a number on Karpov and his camp.
(Without the mentioned Karpov's statement
the discussion about the termination must
\be incomplete. If I remember correctly,
Karpov gave an interview for "Chess Life",
in which he had also expressed his
frustration about the signing the agreement,
which he did sign, while Kasparov surprised
Karpov by refusing--I thing this was the only
time that Karpov was overplayed outside
the chess board).
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Wlod
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