Nov-19-09 Magnus Carlsen 
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drik: <well to be fair even if Kramnik had the worst year of his professional career it only means that he played worse overall, the relative strenghts of how he plays various phases of the game should remain similar.> Not necessarily true. Illness would probably have less effect on ...
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| | Aug-28-09 Kasparov-Kramnik World Championship Match (2000)
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drik: shach matov: <treatment of Shirov> Shirov was simply unlucky: Whilst this is true - why did Kasparov hand pick Shirov as Kramnik's opponent? Since he did this, surely he has an ethical obligation? Should he not have paid Shirov for winning the match against Kramnik? All in all ...
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| | Oct-26-08 Anand-Kramnik World Championship Match (2008)
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drik: <PhilFeeley: As far as I'm concerned, all the World Champions were geniuses, and several of their challengers too! Why limit it to just a few? I think today, all those over 2700 are chess geniuses, at least the top 10.> Agreed.
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| | Aug-09-08 British Championship (2008)
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drik: Regarding the use of rapid chess to settle the championships ... Michael Adams once won the British Chess Championships on the toss of a coin. That is stupid. Even worse; Susan Polgar lost a World Championship Candidates match to Ioselani - by coin toss. At least blitz is a form chess ...
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| | Mar-03-08 Morelia-Linares (2008)
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drik: <m00natic: the so called "Dream Team" has hardly earned a medal in any major basketball championship after Atlanta Olympics> ...how about the Sydney Olympics? Final: USA 85 - France 75.
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| | Jan-07-08 83rd Hastings Chess Congress (2008)
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drik: <No one says a fight is less great because a round or two was used for rest> The analogy is wrong - the boxers save their strength for a final effort to win ... the chess players refuse to make a final effort to win. In the final rounds of this tournament Mamedov drew in 9!! & ...
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| | Nov-19-07 Tal Memorial (2007)
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drik: <smaragdus: kramnik is a coward and abuser who was a world champion only because of Kasparov's and Topalov's good will> Kramnik beat Kasparov & Topalov in matches. There are questions about how he obtained those opportunities - but he still seized them, and deserves credit for ...
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| | Oct-12-07 Anatoli Karpov
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drik: <hovik2003: Tigran Petrosian( Iron Tigran) as a great if not The greatest World Champion ever> Tigran Petrosian beat Mikhail Botvinnik 7 to 4, with 21 draws. Vasily Smyslov beat Tigran Petrosian 6 to 4, with 27 draws. Tigran Petrosian beat Mikhail Tal 6 to 5, with 39 draws. Boris
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| | Oct-11-07 Vladimir Kramnik
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drik: <suenteus po 147: My understanding is that the rematch for Kasparov would be for the good of chess because Kasparov would have definitely won> Odd given that he definitely lost the only match that they played. Sometimes it is more fun not to let reality interefere with your ...
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| | Oct-04-07 Vassily Ivanchuk
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drik: <barbababa: Many people are always pointing out how Ivanchuk has bad nerves and is unbalanced etc. What has he done to deserve that kind of reputation?> I think it has a lot to do with his spectacular loss to Yusupov in 1991, where he picked up the wrong knight.
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