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From: emh@bonnie.UUCP (Edward M. Hummel)
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Subject: World Championship stopped.
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Date: Wed, 20-Feb-85 08:40:22 EST
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Posted: Wed Feb 20 08:40:22 1985
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	It is a truely strange thing for the WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP match
to be stopped.  The chess playing public feels robbed, and it is
natural that they do.  I am sure that both Karpov and Kasparov
have mixed feelings about the ending of the match.  Someday we might
find out the real story.
	Both players made a point of expressing disappointment.
I get the impression that most net-people feel that Kasparov got the
worst of the deal.  Look at it this way:  Kasparov (after being
down 0-5) has now effectively evened the score.  Surely this is the
most impressive comeback in WCC-match history.  Karpov probably was
suffering physically, and it is in the spirit of good-sportsmanship
to give him a break (regardless of what the pre-match agreement
was).
	In any case, the match was relatively free from blunders,
compared with the Karpov-Korchnoi fiascos.  Giving the players a rest
after the unexpected marathon is certainly in the interest of
good chess.
	It is ironic that R. Fischer has indirectly created such a
controversy over twelve years after he quit the game.  Recall that the
agreement to play until there is a set number of wins was his final
legacy (1975).

What do people think about Lev Alburt's statements regarding
Karpov's drug use?  True?  False?  Fair play?

Call anyone recall a Baseball World Series game called off
because of rain when a team had a large lead?

Ed Hummel
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