Thursday, October 07, 2004

 

Rusty baby

I have a poster of Kasparov in my cube. He always has been a "King of Kings" for me. But, nowadays, he is not even acting like a king, leave out "King of Kings"...

If you are wondering what I am rambling about, see this Chessbase report. Kasparov lost to Rublevsky. Last year in European Club Championships, Kasparov was showing a performance of 3000+ in the first 4 games, but lost in the final round to Huzman. That was a simple tactical shot overlooked. This time, Rublevsky soundly overplayed Kasparov in the endgame (Rook Pawn ending). Though there are valid reasons for Kasparov losing (age 40+, rusty, blah blah), obvioulsy Kasparov is past his peak. It is really sad to see that there is no one to replace Kasparv; Kramnik & Anand are very strong players, but they *cannot* replace Kaspy!! If only Kasparov can shake off the rust and concentrate more on Chess (He is going for the presidentship, btw :) ), I am sure we will see the old lion roar & reign the jungle for atleast a couple of years to come.

# posted by Kannan Ramanathan @ 2:02 AM
Comments:
You are extremely right in your view Anand and Kramnik are very strong, but not close to Kasparov at his best. Though I don't deserve to pass my views on technical aspects of chess (Sicilian, King Indian et al), as an avid sports watcher, I am in sync with you. In my opinion, among the active chess geniuses, I would like Fischer and Kasparov play a long series (ofcourse, both at their best) and see how it goes.

Why don't you venture into other sports too? Not interested or what?
# posted by Anonymous Anonymous : October 18, 2004 at 10:06 PM
 
Thx for the comment. Kasparov always has been someone I have looked up to; I am sure many other GMs feel this way too. Reg why I do not talk about other sports, I am afraid I am not a serious follower of anyother sports (except Chess, Badminton & Snooker). So, even if I post something on the other things, it'd be just a rehash of what everyone has seen in the newspapers/sites. In Chess, I have an advantage that I can spice up my views with the numerous Chess anecdotes I have read.

But, I will keep your sugg. in mind. I might start posting something on other sports too :)
# posted by Blogger Kannan Ramanathan : October 18, 2004 at 10:13 PM
 
Way to go man
# posted by Anonymous Anonymous : October 18, 2004 at 10:21 PM
 
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