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Date Posted: 05:12:13 06/12/02 Wed
Author: Todd
Subject: Karpov has nobody to blame but himself.
In reply to: Peter van der Hoog 's message, "Re: Evans on Karpov( in 1986)" on 11:26:07 06/11/02 Tue

>Did Tal acknowledge it?
>Can it be the truth?!

For me Khariton and Alburt are enough reliable sources and I tend to believe them. They certainly know a lot about the issue.

>I can imagine. Still I think it was in the interest of
>the communistic bosses that the strongest player would
>come on top. They apparantly thought Karpov was the
>strongest player and I think time proved them right.

Alburt wrote that first of all they needed the rightest person would come on top. Karpov was.

>You can speculate that, with the right circumstances,
>Korchnoj would have been the better player. I am not
>convinced.

I am convinced that only dishonest person uses such dirty tricks in his favour and it is disgusting.

>Evans article is a clear example of the "low
>recognation".

Evans article appeared in 1986, after "The circus of Karpomanes" and Karpov's defeat from Kasparov.

But what I meant is the low recognation
>he got earlier in his life. Sosonko also remembered
>that he had a low opinion of Karpov as a chessplayer.
>He thought Karpov was just an avarage player.

He is wrong, because average players don't participate in World championship. All the players of such level are talented.

Also
>Kortsnoj had no idea how strong Karpov was. They
>completely underestimated him. That's due to the style
>of Karpov. He has an enormous talent for the natural
>move. It does not look spectacular but is very
>effective.

If he just played honestly and nobody helped him and he did not use intrigues, he wouldn't deserve the low recognition. Karpov has nobody to blame but himself.

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Re: Karpov has nobody to blame but himself. -- Peter van der Hoog, 05:42:55 06/12/02 Wed
- Re: Karpov has nobody to blame but himself. -- Todd, 06:01:44 06/12/02 Wed
  - Re: Karpov has nobody to blame but himself. -- Peter van der Hoog, 08:04:19 06/12/02 Wed