| Gunsberg 2005-03-16, 5:55 pm |
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PeteCasso wrote:
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> Today, March 9, is Fischer's birthday. Best wishes for Fischer,
particularly
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> considering his current predicament!
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> "Fischer was THE most dominant chess world champion EVER." ... Garry
> Kasparov.
>
> This is not a hyperbole, but supported by the research of Jeff Sonas,
the
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> world-leading expert on chess ratings. Moreover, the man who said
that is
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> one of the most dominating chess world champion himself, during and
even
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> after his reign.
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> Kasparov v Anand in this penultimate round of Linares is a main line
Petrof,
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> signifying that Anand would be satisfied with a draw. Kasparov at +5,
three
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> games ahead of his closest chasers, agreed to a draw at move 22, ouch
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> Vallejo Pons voluntarily forfeiting his castling rights, unwise
against
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> Topalov, or hoping for the wild man Topalov to overextend?
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> Kasimdzhanov "facing" a completely unambitious setup of Leko. Leko is
2
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> games behind Anand and Topalov, and 2 games ahead of Adams, i.e. Leko
has no
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> realistic chances to change his tournament ranking either way, and it
looks
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> like he only wants to draw his last two games.
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> Leko did achieve his objective, if it was one, of holding Kasparov to
a draw
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> 1-1 in their mini-match. Kasparov perhaps disappointed that this
indirect
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> comparison to Kramnik (draw between Kramnik and Leko in their world
> championship match) did not go in his favor.
Kasparov has drawn his "micro-match" with Anand, as well. However,
he has won all 5 of his victories against the tail-enders Adams (2--0),
Kasimdzhanov (1.5--0.5), and Vallejo Pons (2--0), for an aggregate
score of 5.5/6 against those three. A 2900+ Performance rating speaks
for itself, but this fact provides context to more objectively judge
Kasparov's accomplishment. So far, in head to head play against the
numbers 2 (Anand), 3 (Topalov) & 4 (Leko) ranked players, he has not
demonstrated dominance.
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