Re: Do you like Kasparov's "On my great predecessors"?

David Richerby wrote:
> 
> John Swartz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > But unless Kasparov also intends to write about high-ranked
> > contemporaries such as Timman, Short, Anand, Ivanchuck, Gelfand,
> > Yusupov, Sokolov, Beliavsky, Speelman, Hjartarson, Kamsly... (ALL
> > of which, given the fact that they've played in World Championship
> > qualifying matches, have perhaps a more legitamite claim to being
> > included in such a work
> 
> Timman, Short, Anand and Ivanchuk have played matches for one or other
> of the World Championships, not just qualifiers.
> 
> Dave.
> 


Indeed, and Kamsky as well (although I wouldn't include everyone who was
invited to the FIDE knockout tournaments in the group of those playing
in "qualifying matches") - I perhaps should have placed them in a
separate category, but the point was merely that Kasparov has many
contemporaries that have qualified in the World Championship cycle, and
they would probably therefore all be more worthy candidates that Judit
Polgar (at least at this time) for Kasparov to include in his books
(assuming he expands "Predecessors" to "Contemporaries") and discussions
of how they advanced chess theory.

John