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Lev Khariton: Linares, the Last Tabloid?! - 2006/11/25 20:04
Aryeh Davidoff: Here is Lev Khariton's latest column at 200 Words at
www.pakchess.com
What is unfolding now in Linares can be justly called the nightmare of modern chess. One has to be a Tartakower of chess journalism to find a more fitting definition of Linares: TABLOID! A tournament, once controlled by the stern Mr.Rentero, has obviously got out of hand, and the top-flight grandmasters are triumphant in demonstrating to the chess world the omnipotence of short draws disgusting any chess fan. I would venture to predict that soon all these grandmasters will not be able to find any sponsors and Linares will become, in chess terms, a ghost town. As we remember, not in the too distant past Mr.Rentero used to fine grandmasters for short draws, but now it is all in the past…Will there be another Linares next year?
Regrettably, Vladimir Kramnik is doing more than any one in this tournament, to take all the fire out the chess game. Just look at his games and you will see that most of them all bloodless draws. Even if he wins this tournament (which, I hope, is unlikely to happen) it will be impossible to cross out of the memory all his short draws. In general, look at some rounds when all the three games are drawn. These rounds are more the rule than the exception!
I should do justice to Kasparov: almost all his games are fighting games. But as a joke, I can say that he should thank the organizers for Vallejo’s participation. Kasparov had made five draws before he scored his first victory – against the Spanish junior! It seems that the young Rajabov is Kasparov’s “bete noire”. Although being the tail-ender in this tournament,
Rajabov has made two draws against Kasparov. Well, do you remember
Rajabov’s last year win against Kasparov? A little while ago
Kasparov was amazed that Rajabov had been invited to play in Linares.
He thought that Rajabov did not deserve it. You may agree with that or not, but obviously Teimur remains a “hard nut to crack”
for Garri.Showing all this insipid play, isn't Kasparov paying today for all his, also tabloid, matches with computers?
And last but not least. I do not know whether this tournament could be more fighting, but the chess world feels the absence of Anand, as well as such players as Grishuk, Ponomariov, Adams, Morozevich and Judith
Polgar..
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