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| Feb-21-04 | | zorro: I remember reading an interview some years back where Salov stated that he couldn't partecipate to tournaments which Kasparov was in because the latter didn't want. Unfortunately he didn't say why, what had happend between him and Kaspy. Anyone remember something of this old story? Just out of curiosity. This was brought to mind the other day by someone suggesting that Anand was not in Linares for some similar reason, though I don't believe this. |
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| Feb-21-04 | | Reisswolf: What? Kasparov had a hand in keeping Anand out of Linares? That seems improbable. I don't think Kasparov is THAT powerful. Does anyone know if Anand declined the invitation, or was not extended an invitation at all? I do remember Salov fulminating against Kasparov in interviews and press conferences several years ago. I never paid much attention to chess back then, but my recollection tells me that the subject of Salov's tirades was Kasparov's formation of the PCA. Would someone care to confirm? |
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| Feb-21-04 | | zorro: I don't think Anand isn't in Linares because of Kasparov, but I think Kasparov is powerful enough to "censor" a player if he wanted (though maybe not the #2 of the world). At least this is what Salov claimed in the interview. From what you say I could think that the reason for K censoring him is exactly his tirades against the PCA. |
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| Feb-21-04 | | WMD: Their history goes back a bit further. I'll try and look something up. |
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| Mar-29-04 | | ConLaMismaMano: I'm not sure, but i've heard somewhere that Anand didn't participate at Linares because he was "sick". |
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| Mar-29-04 | | ConLaMismaMano: Someone knows why did Salov stop playing profesional chess? He's just one year younger than Kasparov... |
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| May-27-04 | | WMD: "Why I do not offer my hand to Kasparov"
More information has emerged after we published last month's exclusive BCM photo of Valery Salov refusing to shake hands with Garry Kasparov in the final rounds of the French League. Salov has confirmed that his decision to forego the usual courtesies with Kasparov in Linares 1993 was also premeditated. "I advised him, through the arbiter, that I did not intend to shake hands, either before or after the game." The former Leningrad GM, who now lives in Madrid, has launched a blistering attack on Kasparov in the Spanish magazine Jaque. "Kasparov is certainly an exceptional player, but there is nothing good to say about him as a person. Kasparov told Jaque that Russia had a need for people like him. Alas, it is quite to the contrary...there are now too many people there like him with political ambitions, and lust for power. Kasparov was formed in Azerbaidjan with the most repugnant form of socialism." "Kasparov wrote a note to Khasbulatov [speaker of the Russian parliament] that the Alekhine Memorial in Moscow last November had no importance. He claimed that his 'great friend' Campomanes would not attend the tournament (but he did). He told the Debrecen team that they were 'a mass of no-hopers who wouldn't even make third place'. His comment led to Khalifman withdrawing from the team. Kasparov destroyed the GMA and the World Cup. What we are going to have now with the PCA is a new GMA, but with Kasparov as the absolute dictator." (BCM, August 1993) |
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| May-27-04 | | Jim Bartle: Salov belittled Kasparov by saying he won only because he had a big team doing opening research 24 hours day or something. Not very convincing. Salov was a top player through the mid-90s, then got crunched by somebody (something like 4.5-0.5) in a candidates match and seemed to fall away from the elite. He won a Sicilian thematic tournament which included most of the top players. Salov is known as a methodical, even dull player. Though at one time rated above 2700, he has never had a win ranked among the top ten in the Informant (at least through '95). Whether this reflects more on him or on the panel doing the selecting is another question. |
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| Jul-12-04 | | PivotalAnorak: Did he really give up chess ? Does he still live in Spain ? I searched the Net, seems he's "observed" the professional chess scene till 2002-2003 and given many non-compromising (even paranoïd ?) comments about it, what does he do now ? Too bad he doesn't play anymore... |
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| Feb-02-05 | | Hesam7: While reading the posts on 21 Feb. 2004, recent claims of Radjabov that Kasparov has "censored" him come to mind. |
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| Feb-02-05 | | like a GM: Is it true that when the paricipants at linares (10 years ago) had their IQs tested, Salov had the highest? |
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| Feb-17-05 | | lenehc: I would like to know what happened to GM V Salov . |
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| Jul-01-05 | | Manuel Garcia: Salov was between the best five players in the world when he accepted to play his candidate´s match against Kamsky in India, and that was a big, big mistake. The indians heat, food and water anihilated Salov. He got stomach problems from the very begining till the very end. Kamsky was a sportsman while Salov is weak phisically: when he was a baby he was expected to die soon. Obviously he did not, but his organism is very sensible. The reigning Kasparov was very powerful also outside the chessboard. He knew that very well and used his power more than one time. For example, his relations with the old Botvinnik were very bad. During the Moscow olimpiad in 1994 Botvinnik was not allowed to visit the event, because Kasparov tell the organizer not to let him come in! So, if Kasparov could do that to Botvinnik in Russia, of course he could censore Salov in Linares or in other country. |
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| Jul-01-05 | | acirce: <The indians heat, food and water anihilated Salov.> Maybe this explains things like http://ajedrez_democratico.tripod.c... |
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| Jul-02-05 | | Manuel Garcia: Well, not only Fischer, now salov too is getting nuts! His accusations are a little bit paranoic now, but a still insist that he really was censured by Kasparov. What he said about Kasparov´s strenght was that Kasparov belongs to the best five players, but that he is always the first because of his big analysts team, that allows him to prepare a lot of novelties and surprises against rivals who must sutdy at their own. That was said several years ago. Now, Kramnik, Topalov, Leko and other grand masters have also their own "full equipment". I´ve red in an old 64 magazin (then still soviet) the Salov´s commentaries to a game against Short (Salov with black). An italian opening (is that the name of this opening in english? 1. e4 e5, 2. Nf3 Nc6, 3.Bc4 Bc5), it was very very instructive. I learned thet even at the move 4 the order or moves can ve decisive. I do not know if his style was dull or not, but it allowed him to be one of the bests. |
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| Jul-02-05 | | Kangaroo: To Manuel Garcia
<User Profile: Manuel Garcia; <<C50 Giuoco Piano> is the name in English for the opening that starts with the moves
1 e4 e5 2 Nf3 Nc6 3 Bc4 Bc5> |
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| Jul-02-05 | | hintza: <Sorry, there is no such user on record.> |
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| Jul-02-05 | | Hesam7: <Manuel Garcia: His accusations are a little bit paranoic now, but a still insist that he really was censured by Kasparov.> As I said before Radjabov made the same claims. These claims are hard to prove. But I wont be surprised if they were indeed true. |
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| Jul-02-05 | | acirce: <Vladimir Kramnik: I
remember, for example, that in 1994 Kasparov insisted that the
Linares organizers invite myself and Shirov - they're strong kids,
he said they should play!
Alexander Roshal: So it's true - he CAN influence the composition of a super-
tournament?
Vladimir Kramnik: As could I, especially whenever I play in a tournament where
the average rating is 100 points lower than mine. Even in Linares,
if I am the one they want to see here, I have the possibility of a
little whispering campaignwell, invite Adams instead of Topalov,
or vice versa even. Anand could do it, Shirov too... On the other
hand, as far as I know, nobody has ever taken advantage of this, or
engages in this sort of politicking.>
http://www.chesscafe.com/text/kramn... |
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| Jul-02-05 | | Hesam7: <acirce> I said I wont be surprised! :-) It is noteworthy that both Shirov (8.5/13-joint 2nd with Kasparov) and Kramnik (7/13-joint 4th with Lautier) had a very good tournament. Anand, Ivanchuk, Kamsky and Gelfand finished below them. |
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| Jul-03-05 | | Manuel Garcia: To Kangaroo
Thanks for the correction! |
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| Jul-03-05 | | Manuel Garcia: Even Karpov had complained that he stopped to be invited to play Linares because of Kasparov (an Rentero, who, as Karpov argued, was ready to fulfil every Kasparov's caprice). That was, of course, before Karpov switched to a half-professional career. Salov has winded up with quite strange ideas, unfortunatelly a little bit typical for the right spectrum of russian politics and nationalism: he finds conspiracies everywhere. It is true that there are lots of corruption and hipocresy in the FIDE in particular and in world politics in general, but everything is more complicated that the simplistic "they all are under controll of this and that sects!" |
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| Jul-03-05 | | Hesam7: <Manuel Garcia: an Rentero, who, as Karpov argued, was ready to fulfil every Kasparov's caprice> Except financing his match with Shirov in 1998. |
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| Jul-03-05 | | Manuel Garcia: Hesam7: Right. Rentero suffered a sever car accident. Was that after or before the whole mess with Shirov and Kasparov? Now, with Kasparov reitired, Salov could reasume his chess career. Maybe not as a top grandmaster, but as an open-tournament player. I do not know how nowadays does he earn for living. |
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| May-26-06 | | BIDMONFA: Valery Salov SALOV, Valery
http://www.bidmonfa.com/salov_valer...
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