-Caveat Lector- from: http://www.iht.com/IHT/TODAY/FRI/FPAGE/chess.2.html Click Here: <A HREF="http://www.iht.com/IHT/TODAY/FRI/FPAGE/chess.2.html"> Kasparov Loses His Crown As World Chess Champion</A> ----- Paris, Friday, November 3, 2000 Kasparov Loses His Crown As World Chess Champion ------------------------------------------------------------------------ International Herald Tribune ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Garry Kasparov's 15-year reign as world chess champion ended Thursday in London. The former champion drew the 15th game of his 16-game match with a fellow Russian, Vladimir Kramnik, giving the challenger a score of 8.5 to Mr. Kasparov's 6.5. The psychological collapse of Mr. Kasparov, 37, in the match has baffled most experts. Mr. Kasparov has shown little of the fighting spirit for which is famous. Mr. Kramnik won the second and 10th games. All the others have been draws. One of the drawn games lasted only 11 moves and another only 14. Mr. Kasparov is the strongest grandmaster ever, with an Elo rating of 2,849. Mr. Kramnik, 25, a former student of Mr. Kasparov and his second during one of his successful title defenses, is the world No. 2 by Elo ranking, at 2,770. Mr. Kasparov had said that he expected Mr. Kramnik one day to succeed him as world champion. Despite Mr. Kasparov's loss of the title, the 16th game is to be played Saturday under terms of the match. As the victor, Mr. Kramnik is to receive $1.33 million of the $2 million purse. Mr. Kasparov will receive $670,000 Mr. Kasparov's only hope to retain the title had been to win on Thursday and again on Saturday, giving him a draw in a match in which he has not yet won a game. To explain his poor performance, Mr. Kasparov said over the weekend that he had ''experienced a problem all along during this contest.'' He added, ''It is a long story that I shall reveal later on.'' Michael Greengard, the American chess master who runs Mr. Kasparov's Web site, told The Associated Press before Thursday's game that he was tired of being asked what the problem was. ''I just tell everyone,'' he said, ''that aliens have stolen his brain and are going to transplant it into Elvis's body somewhere near Neptune.'' Mr. Kasparov won the world championship in 1985 at the age of 22 - the youngest player ever to do so. He had held the title for longer than any other player in the 20th century, with the exception of Emanuel Lasker of Germany, who was champion from 1894 to 1921. Mr. Kasparov was also the first world champion to lose his title without winning a single game since Mr. Lasker lost in 1921 to Jose Raul Capablanca of Cuba, who held the title until 1927. Mr. Kasparov's collapse did not surprise one grandmaster, however, who bet on Mr. Kasparov to lose before the match had even begun. Nigel Short of Britain, who challenged Mr. Kasparov for the title in 1993 and was easily defeated, has written that he made a $50 bet with a former world champion, Anatoli Karpov, that Mr. Kasparov would be beaten. Mr. Karpov, from whom Mr. Kasparov wrested the title in 1985, was so sure that Mr. Kasparov would retain the championship that he gave Mr. Short 2-1 odds. ----- Aloha, He'Ping, Om, Shalom, Salaam. Em Hotep, Peace Be, All My Relations. Omnia Bona Bonis, Adieu, Adios, Aloha. Amen. Roads End <A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/">www.ctrl.org</A> DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER ========== CTRL is a discussion & informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substance�not soap-boxing�please! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'�with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright frauds�is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. ======================================================================== Archives Available at: http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html <A HREF="http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html">Archives of [EMAIL PROTECTED]</A> http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ <A HREF="http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/">ctrl</A> ======================================================================== To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
