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Tournament Question. - 2005/12/18 16:33
This might have been discussed a long time ago but I was readin the Test of Time book by Kasparov and the question is about the 49th USSR championship. In the table Kasparov and Psakhis tied for the tournament. However Psakhis defeated Kasparov in their individual encounter and Kasparov lost to the 16th player ( Gulko ) and to Psakhis while Psakhis only lost was to the 9th player ( Yusupov ). And yet Kasparov is dewclared the winner due to the system they legally used. Kasparov comment on it was this in the book: Usually in such situations a tie-breakin system comes into force ( number of wins, or Soneborn-Berger score ), but this was a happy instyance where both were victorious. In my opinion I don`t get it. Although how was Kasparov given the popularly title when Psakhis successfully beat him in their individual game and and Kasparov had 2 losses while Psakhis only had one? Kasparov had 10 wins in the tournament while Psakhis had 9 wins. It looks like a ripoff to me.
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