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Date: 29 Sep 2007 21:35:29
From: Krismoor
Subject: Viswanathan Anand World Champion
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Viswanthan Anand of India is the World Chess Champion for the year
2007. In the last game he drew with Peter Leko. He scored 9 points.
This is the second time he is becoming the world champion.
congratulations to Viswanthan Anand.
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Date: 01 Oct 2007 12:27:59
From: Wlodzimierz Holsztynski (Wlod)
Subject: Re: Viswanathan Anand World Champion
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On Sep 29, 4:54 pm, "Ian Burton" <[email protected] > wrote:
> That should be a wonderful match with
> a great purse and lots of outside
> sponsorship. Now, folks, sit back and
> see how FIDE screws it up.
Ian, you're horrible :-)
Regards,
Wlod
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Date: 01 Oct 2007 08:01:42
From: Ian Burton
Subject: Re: Viswanathan Anand World Champion
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My greatest hope at the moment is that Anand can shake off the terrible
rumors now circulating that he intimidated his opponents in Mexico with
attack elephants and trained cobras.
--
Ian Burton
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Date: 01 Oct 2007 12:26:17
From: Wlodzimierz Holsztynski (Wlod)
Subject: Re: Viswanathan Anand World Champion
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On Sep 29, 2:35 pm, Krismoor <[email protected] > wrote:
> Viswanthan Anand of India is the World Chess Champion
> for the year 2007.
Finally! Wonderful, he is such a nice person!
> This is the second time he is becoming the world champion.
The first. The other time he was a chimp not a champ.
Bravo Anand! Great! And next year we will
witness quite a match! (Kramnik is a nice person too;
they are both mild.)
This is the first time that I used 7 exclams
in one post!!
Wlod
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Date: 30 Sep 2007 02:07:13
From: keithbc
Subject: Re: Viswanathan Anand World Champion
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On 29 Sep, 23:21, [email protected] (SAT W-7) wrote:
> did Lenko try to win or was it a fast draw ?
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> Now it will be interesting to see who he defends his title against...
Congrats to Ananda, but a poor performance by Leko. Going into the
last round, there could have been tension were he to have beaten Anand
(this could have meant Gelfant could catch him). Leko showed poor
professionalism in at least not try to go further and not egreeing to
such a quick draw. He owed it to his grandmaster colleagues to try
harder. As it was, as soon as their game finished, the others were
unnecessary - it was finished.If I were Gelfand I would have has words
with Leko - what de HE gain from the quick draw (more confirmation of
his 'drawness'??)
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Date: 30 Sep 2007 01:35:26
From: Lonnie
Subject: Re: Viswanathan Anand World Champion
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"Krismoor" <[email protected] > wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Viswanthan Anand of India is the World Chess Champion for the year
> 2007. In the last game he drew with Peter Leko. He scored 9 points.
> This is the second time he is becoming the world champion.
bye-bye DRAWnik -- now we have a worthy world champion.
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> congratulations to Viswanthan Anand.
>
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Date: 29 Sep 2007 22:25:32
From: Kevin Croxen
Subject: Re: Viswanathan Anand World Champion
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On 2007-09-29, Krismoor <[email protected] > wrote:
> Viswanthan Anand of India is the World Chess Champion for the year
> 2007. In the last game he drew with Peter Leko. He scored 9 points.
> This is the second time he is becoming the world champion.
>
But this is the first time he is the uncontested, i.e. "real" World
Champion. Presumably to be recognized as "the 15th World Champion". Last
time he was only the FIDE knockout champ.
> congratulations to Viswanthan Anand.
>
On that we certainly agree.
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Date: 30 Sep 2007 23:53:46
From: David Richerby
Subject: Re: Viswanathan Anand World Champion
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Kevin Croxen <[email protected] > wrote:
> On 2007-09-29, Krismoor <[email protected]> wrote:
>> Viswanthan Anand of India is the World Chess Champion for the year
>> 2007. [...] This is the second time he is becoming the world
>> champion.
>
> But this is the first time he is the uncontested, i.e. "real" World
> Champion. Presumably to be recognized as "the 15th World Champion".
Uncontested and fairly real. But it's a bit poor to declare somebody
as World Champion right now at a tournament that doesn't include
Topalov. (I'm not saying Topalov would have won, you understand; just
that he should have been given the opportunity to play.)
>> congratulations to Viswanthan Anand.
> On that we certainly agree.
Absolutely.
Dave.
--
David Richerby Love Umbrella (TM): it's like an
www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~davidr/ umbrella that you can share with
someone special!
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Date: 30 Sep 2007 20:01:41
From: David Kane
Subject: Re: Viswanathan Anand World Champion
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"David Richerby" <[email protected] > wrote in message
news:Q5g*[email protected]...
> Kevin Croxen <[email protected]> wrote:
>> On 2007-09-29, Krismoor <[email protected]> wrote:
>>> Viswanthan Anand of India is the World Chess Champion for the year
>>> 2007. [...] This is the second time he is becoming the world
>>> champion.
>>
>> But this is the first time he is the uncontested, i.e. "real" World
>> Champion. Presumably to be recognized as "the 15th World Champion".
>
> Uncontested and fairly real. But it's a bit poor to declare somebody
> as World Champion right now at a tournament that doesn't include
> Topalov. (I'm not saying Topalov would have won, you understand; just
> that he should have been given the opportunity to play.)
It's not the absence of Topalov that taints the championship, it's that he
hasn't defeated the previous champion in a match. So while Anand is
to be applauded, what we are really seeing is the devaluing of a
once meaningful title. (This seems to be FIDE's mission of late)
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>>> congratulations to Viswanthan Anand.
>> On that we certainly agree.
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> Absolutely.
>
>
> Dave.
>
> --
> David Richerby Love Umbrella (TM): it's like an
> www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~davidr/ umbrella that you can share with
> someone special!
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Date: 29 Sep 2007 15:21:47
From: SAT W-7
Subject: Re: Viswanathan Anand World Champion
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did Lenko try to win or was it a fast draw ?
Now it will be interesting to see who he defends his title against...
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Date: 29 Sep 2007 16:54:25
From: Ian Burton
Subject: Re: Viswanathan Anand World Champion
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"SAT W-7" <[email protected] > wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> did Lenko try to win or was it a fast draw ?
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> Now it will be interesting to see who he defends his title against...
By contract, Kramnik has the right to a "rematch" in 2008.
That should be a wonderful match with a great purse and lots of outside
sponsorship. Now, folks, sit back and see how FIDE screws it up.
--
Ian Burton
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