liang@cvl.UUCP (Eli Liang) (02/17/85)
For all those who haven't heard, the World Championship was stopped
at game 49. Apparently someone decided it had dragged on long enough.
Too bad, it seemed as if Kasparov was on an up swing and might pull
an impressive one after all.
-eli
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UUCP: {seismo,rlgvax,allegra,brl-bmd,nrl-css}!umcp-cs!cvl!liangdfw@ll1.UUCP (Dan Webster) (02/20/85)
It is interesting to note that this no-limit, draws not counting system, is something like the one advocated by Fischer. Fischer, however, wanted 10 wins (with a 9-9 tie clause). Since this match was canceled by the FIDE, and I suspect they will never again adopt such a system, I guess we will never see Fischer as world champion again. D.F. Webster
emh@bonnie.UUCP (Edward M. Hummel) (02/20/85)
It is a truely strange thing for the WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP match
to be stopped. The chess playing public feels robbed, and it is
natural that they do. I am sure that both Karpov and Kasparov
have mixed feelings about the ending of the match. Someday we might
find out the real story.
Both players made a point of expressing disappointment.
I get the impression that most net-people feel that Kasparov got the
worst of the deal. Look at it this way: Kasparov (after being
down 0-5) has now effectively evened the score. Surely this is the
most impressive comeback in WCC-match history. Karpov probably was
suffering physically, and it is in the spirit of good-sportsmanship
to give him a break (regardless of what the pre-match agreement
was).
In any case, the match was relatively free from blunders,
compared with the Karpov-Korchnoi fiascos. Giving the players a rest
after the unexpected marathon is certainly in the interest of
good chess.
It is ironic that R. Fischer has indirectly created such a
controversy over twelve years after he quit the game. Recall that the
agreement to play until there is a set number of wins was his final
legacy (1975).
What do people think about Lev Alburt's statements regarding
Karpov's drug use? True? False? Fair play?
Call anyone recall a Baseball World Series game called off
because of rain when a team had a large lead?
Ed Hummel
{...!clyde!bonnie!emh}aouriri@ittvax.UUCP (Chedley Aouriri) (02/20/85)
According to some news reports, the decision to abort the world chess championship was made by the Soviet regime. It was announced officially by the soviet news agency Tass two hours BEFORE it was accepted by the president of the International Chess Federation, who has been called and flown to Moscow from his country -the Philippines- a couple days before the announcement of the decision.!! Also, it seems that both contenders - Karpov and Kasparov - were not very warm to stop the game; they actually wanted to keep on playing. The reason why the soviets are trying to "fix" the championship is that a Kasparov victory will upset and uproot a bunch of soviet "chess lords" in the USSR, who have grown under Karpov's shade. Remember that chess in Russia is much more than a popular game: it is a whole institution with its bureaucracy, its vested interests and its ties to the political establishment. The fact that Kasparov's father is jewish is probably not the main reason why they are trying to tame his challenge to Karpov.
derek@uwvax.UUCP (Derek Zahn) (02/22/85)
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Speaking of which, whatever happened to Bobby Fischer? Anyone out there know?
derek
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derek@wisc-rsch.arpaliang@cvl.UUCP (Eli Liang) (02/22/85)
> According to some news reports, the decision to abort the world > chess championship was made by the Soviet regime. It was announced > officially by the soviet news agency Tass two hours BEFORE it was > accepted by the president of the International Chess Federation, > who has been called and flown to Moscow from his country -the > Philippines- a couple days before the announcement of > the decision.!! I think it was more like 12 minutes before the announcement as according to the Washington Post. I might be wrong though. -eli -- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Eli Liang --- University of Maryland Computer Vision Lab, (301) 454-4526 ARPA: liang@cvl, eli@mit-mc, eli@mit-prep CSNET: liang@cvl UUCP: {seismo,rlgvax,allegra,brl-bmd,nrl-css}!umcp-cs!cvl!liang
liang@cvl.UUCP (Eli Liang) (02/22/85)
> It is interesting to note that this no-limit, draws not counting > system, is something like the one advocated by Fischer. Fischer, > however, wanted 10 wins (with a 9-9 tie clause). Since this match > was canceled by the FIDE, and I suspect they will never again adopt > such a system, I guess we will never see Fischer as world champion > again. > > D.F. Webster Is there anyone around who really harbors any hope that he "would" even officially play again? -eli -- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Eli Liang --- University of Maryland Computer Vision Lab, (301) 454-4526 ARPA: liang@cvl, eli@mit-mc, eli@mit-prep CSNET: liang@cvl UUCP: {seismo,rlgvax,allegra,brl-bmd,nrl-css}!umcp-cs!cvl!liang