Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: Notesfiles $Revision: 1.7.0.10 $; site uiucdcsp Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!cbosgd!ihnp4!inuxc!pur-ee!uiucdcsp!ashby From: ashby@uiucdcsp.CS.UIUC.EDU Newsgroups: net.jokes Subject: Re: World Chess Championship rigged? Message-ID: <7900031@uiucdcsp> Date: Mon, 11-Nov-85 14:30:00 EST Article-I.D.: uiucdcsp.7900031 Posted: Mon Nov 11 14:30:00 1985 Date-Received: Wed, 13-Nov-85 07:22:35 EST References: <1027@oddjob.UUCP> Lines: 20 Nf-ID: #R:oddjob.UUCP:1027:uiucdcsp:7900031:000:878 Nf-From: uiucdcsp.CS.UIUC.EDU!ashby Nov 11 13:30:00 1985 Apologies to net.jokers for this response: The match rules were this: the first to win 6 games gets the championship, with the match limited to 24 games. In the event of a 12-12 tie, Karpov would have kept the title. Since draws count 1/2 point, it is possible to get a score of 12 1/2. If this had happened, whoever had the 12 1/2 would be the new champ. So Kasparov did not have to win by a full point, half a point would have been enough. For those who have not heard, the match is over (hence the past tense above). Kasparov won a great game in the 24th game to cinch the championship by a score of 13-11. At the age of 22, Garry Kasparov is youngest chess champ ever. But how long will he keep his title? (Karpov has a right to a rematch within 6 months.) Now a poor attempt at a joke: Campeones (president of FIDE). If you don't get it, go to net.games.chess.