Re: "Kasparov Retails Title on a Draw": Does this headline do

On Apr 21, 11:36 am, help bot <nomorech...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> On Apr 21, 1:05 am, "parrthe...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> > In 1987 he barely saved his title against Karpov on a
> > 12-12 tie. Kasparov gave two reasons for sticking
> > with this system at a symposium we both attended in
> > Madrid:
>
> > 1. Since he had to overcome draw odds when he was the underdog, he
> > saw no reason why the challenger shouldn=92t have to vault the same
> > obstacle.
>
>   The infamous "two wrongs make a right" fallacy.

I'm with you here.

> > 2. Organizers must have a definite budget and solid dates when they
> > book a playing hall, which isn=92t possible in an open-ended match.
>
>   Change of subject ploy.

Oh, really? You have a scheme whereby the World Champion and a
challenger can play exactly 24 games, and it is guaranteed that each
one won't win the same number of games out of those 24?

Oh, wait. It isn't impossible to have a definite result from a fixed-
length match; even I can think of a scheme. Assuming that all 24 games
are not drawn - in *that* case, they can just book another playing
hall, and it had better be a cheap one, because who will be interested
enough to come and watch - then the person who won the *last* game
loses, on the basis that the other player was ahead over the largest
number of games.

The champion would have the advantage of playing White in the first
game.

John Savard