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Why is Kasparov - Karpov still the biggest thing in chess? Why is Kasparov - Karpov still the biggest thing in chess?
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10-04-2009 , 06:37 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by swingdoc
Isn't the hype clearly a result of Kasparov being the greatest chess player of all time? There was a hell of a lot of interest when Michael Jordan came back and played for the Wizards too. That Kasparov was facing his historical rival was just gravy.
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This ties into what I said about Kasparov and his popularity.
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10-04-2009 , 09:21 PM
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I think that Dire really hit on something with his comment about dominance. There are no chess monsters right now, no chess heroes, no chess giants. There are just a lot of very good chess players who draw with each other ad infinitum.

Magnus could be the next chess monster.
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