Why a relatively unknown player is World Champion
Who is Kasimdzhanov? And how many of you know Khalifman before he
became World Champion?
We only get a steady diet of Kasparov, Anand, Kramnik, + the other
round robin GMs (a few of which lost when playing Kasimdzhanov).
These RR GMs are soft. In most games they only play a few moves and
take quick draws. It is not surprising to me that an unknown with
more fire in his belly wins because these softies aren't used to
playing against quality players who want to fight.
This is exactly the reason why these top GMs can't play computers.
They get unnerved because the computer will play on in any position
unlike these chicken (gotta keep my rating high so I can belong to the
RR club) GMs. I say no more agreed draws until after move 60. Then
we'll see more real games of chess.
The chicken GMs will respond, but the position at move 20 really was
drawn. Fine. Try playing a computer and see if you can really draw
it. Bet most of them would be too chicken or get unnerved and lose.
It is hard to imagine that all positions that are agreed drawn at move
20 really would be drawn if played out to move 60. Don't these
chicken GMs realize that chess players make mistakes and blunder. A
position with most of the material on the board at move 20 is not dead
drawn.
The other reason chicken GMs won't like this is a lot of chicken GMs
won't play on in unclear positions. Yielding to their mutual
chickeness, they'll both agree to a draw. Don't give these chicken
GMs this option!
Whew! I'm glad to get that off my chest.
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