Re: "Kasparov Retains Title on a Draw":

<parrthenon@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message 
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> MORE DISINFORMATION FROM DAVID KANE
>
> The man is unfit to write about chess history.
>
> <Kasparov's manipulations to keep the title by leaving
> FIDE are well known. They may not be historically
> out of line with champion's behavior pre-FIDE, but
> neither it is anything to boast about. He played just
> two title defenses in a 10-year period.> -- David Kane
>
> 10 YEARS!?
>
> he ignores the fact that Kasparov played FIVE title matches
> with Karpov between 1985-1990. After that Kasparov put his title
> on the line (outside of FIDE jurisdiction) against Short in 1993,
> Anand in 1995 and Kramnik in 2000 who denied him a rematch
> because it wasn't included in their contract.

Kasparov's matches vs. Karpov were under FIDE's auspices.
Once Kasparov broke away from FIDE, he did what champions
often did pre-FIDE: they avoided their challengers. So, as you
note in your own post, but are apparently too dim to understand,
Kasparov played two matches in the 1990's (a 10-year period)
before losing to Kramnik in 2000. And Kasparov had a bigger
champion's advantage than *all* of his FIDE predescessors (Karpov
being the special case who played 3 matches with
no advantage whatsoever.) because the non-FIDE matches
were shorter than the FIDE matches that had been held
until that time.

Poor Mr. Parr hates it when those ugly facts interfere with
the Evans propaganda!