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| KamikazeAttack: <Very few players have won the elite tournaments and matches that Karpov has. No one really, except Kasparov.> Karpov's plethora of successes and gigantic achievements are not valid because he had seconds working for him. How asinine is this thinking? This is what mindless hatred does ... it robs one of their senses. |
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| Nov-16-09 |
| TheFocus: <kamikaze> Kasparov used lots of opening ideas of others the same as Karpov did. Kaspy had an army of helpers too. |
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| Nov-16-09 |
| KamikazeAttack: <TheFocus: <kamikaze> Kasparov used lots of opening ideas of others the same as Karpov did. Kaspy had an army of helpers too.?> Absolutely.
An army??
Kasparov had the whole ARMED FORCES!!! |
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Nov-16-09
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| Nimzonick: I've been reading Karpov's biography, "Karpov on Karpov." He went to Botvinnik's training camp when he was young and apparently Botvinnik didn't think too highly of him at the time. As Karpov quotes Botvinnik, "The boy doesn't have a clue about chess, and there's no future at all for him in this profession." |
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| Nov-16-09 |
| theagenbiteofinwit: <As Karpov quotes Botvinnik, "The boy doesn't have a clue about chess, and there's no future at all for him in this profession."> Young Botvinnik's strength was that he was a great analyst. Old Botvinnik's weakness was that the thought he was a great analyst. |
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| Nov-16-09 |
| returnoftheking: Nice one |
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| Nov-16-09 |
| Dredge Rivers: Nice two |
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| Nov-16-09 |
| returnoftheking: I like your credo dredge. I love myself in addition, but agree wholehartedly. |
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| Nov-16-09 |
| akapovsky: karpov blitz world champion! hopefully... |
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| Nov-16-09 |
| akapovsky: Karpov beat carlsen and he is 3rd so far with anand first carlsen 2nd. |
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Nov-16-09
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| HeMateMe: Interesting that karpov has faired poorly at 30 minute chess in recent years, but is still a strong blitz player. Maybe its pattern recognition, with no time to analyze, he's still as good as anyone? How about a bullett tournament? [one minute chess, no increments]. That might be fun. |
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| Nov-16-09 |
| returnoftheking: Here is an idea. With blitz there is no time to get into time trouble. With rapid he is lulled into a false sense of security-he thinks he has time -but that is not so. |
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| Nov-17-09 |
| M.D. Wilson: <yalie>: <The above comment makes us seriously rethink where we rank Karpov in the pantheon of all time greats, does it not?
I used to think Karpov was an automatic top 5, but now I seriously doubt he is a lock to be up there>. Of course not, yalie. Karpov is at least top five of all time. Personally, I rank him second of all time, only after Kasparov, but before Fischer and Capablanca. I don't think people will be changing their opinions based on this passage. His results speak for themselves, don't they? |
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| Nov-17-09 |
| Everett: Botvinnik is ever the poor sportsman, and it must have bothered him that nearly everyone by his death were ranking Karpov ahead of him on the greatest list. I've said in other places that the greatest champions by far were Lasker, Alekhine, Karpov and Kasparov, for they continued to compete and improve after becoming champion. For most others, the championship was a high mark of chess skill and success that could not be repeated. Outside of these four, all the champions from Capablanca on are on the same playing field. Great, great players. |
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Nov-17-09
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| meth0dSNK: karpov eta sela |
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Nov-17-09
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| meth0dSNK: nu ya selnaye |
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Nov-19-09
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| whatthefat: Did anyone else notice the way that Karpov seems perpetually surprised by his opponents moves in the videos from the Blitz World Championship? There's almost never an instantaneous reply; rather, a slightly discombobulated look as his eyes dart from one area of the board to another. |
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| Nov-20-09 |
| Everett: <whatthefat> That's disturbing, in that he was known to be quite poker-faced when younger and playing classical. |
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Nov-20-09
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| A Karpov Fan: I didn't notice anything strange about his behaviour tbh. Almost every player I watched had games where they were <clearly> not having much fun. Apart from Carlsen maybe lol |
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| Nov-20-09 |
| matherd1: Comments suggesting that Karpov somehow owed his success to some small but reputationally significant degree to Soviet seconds and manouverings seem rather crazy to me. What about his performance at Linares 1994 (ranked by chessmetrics as the all-time greatest, slightly above even Fischer's whitewashing of Larsen)after the soviety union was gone? Or the fact that he remained number 2 in the world (arguably) until at least 1996, when he beat Kamsky (then a VERY strong player who'd come through proper candidates) in a match. |
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Nov-20-09
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| whatthefat: Here's a video of Karpov-Kramnik where he looks to me like a deer in the headlights. He seems perpetually over-hesitant for a blitz game, and gets flagged even with the 2 second increment: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DLb1... |
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| Nov-20-09 |
| KamikazeAttack: Karpov became world champion the year Kramnik was born. |
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Nov-20-09
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| meth0dSNK: carlsen will never be world champion, i can beat carlsen, i can beat anyone, Kramnik, Anand, and Topalov are all better than carlsen, |
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Nov-20-09
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| meth0dSNK: im better than carlsen at what kasparov claims he does best, analyzing the position, im better than him at endings also-- Fischer would beat carlsen 6-0 just like he beat Larsen. Carlsen is a great player but he will never be world champion |
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Nov-20-09
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| meth0dSNK: All the props to him for winning the world blitz championship |
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