Look at Kasparov's record and when he gained the advantage (in the open, later, in the endgame). and compare it to Karpov, Salov, and some other top playrs, a couple of 2600 players, a couple of 2650 players, etc.

Your point about draws makes it more difficult, though.

Thats the path I've taken: I only play Chess960

Gladlily.

Firstly, you asked why that nitwit Salov had to give up chess. I said: <He had to pay that fine he was dodging all the time.> This is a reference to the song Valerie, most famously sung by St Mary Whitehorse.

As far as I can see, I did follow through on the Benko-Reshevsky '75, as well as the Panno-Najdorf games, as you can see by my follow-up posts.

Granted, I do forget to follow through on things, sometimes. Please remind me, in fact, to make sure I get that new smoke detector installed in my place before the 4th of July is over.

This from the interview seems un-intentionally comedic to me:

<Salov: Here's another interesting moment in the chess history. Have you ever noticed the letter pattern: who was the world champion in the first quarter of the 20th century? Emmanuel Lasker. He was a champion for 27 years. And there were two more Laskers, his brother and Edward Lasker. Quite a lot of Laskers, don't you agree? Then, in the middle of the century, everyone was beginning with the letter B: Botvinnik, the world champion, Bronstein, the candidate who drew him, and Boleslavsky, who lost to Bronstein. Everyone on B. And in the latter part of the century, everyone's names were beginning with K: Korchnoi, Karpov, Kasparov, Kramnik, Kamsky, there are also Carlsen, Karjakin, Caruana [in Russian, Carlsen and Caruana are also spelled with K]. Look at the pattern: K, B and L. You should pay attention to that, because everything begins with these small details. You have to learn to concentrate on them.

Surov: These players you named are among the eleven who should be disqualified, am I right?

Salov: To tell you the truth, we have decided not to disqualify Korchnoi. Viktor Lvovich is very old, we should spare him and exclude him from the list. Though he was complicit in a big way, too.

Surov: I'm writing down the list. Lasker, Botvinnik, Bronstein...

Salov: No, no, we have only K's and A's in our list. Among the K's, there are Karpov, Kasparov, Kramnik, also Khalifman from St. Petersburg, the well-known chess organizer Raymond Keene, Bessel Kok also made it. It was too late for Campomanes to make the list though...

Surov: ...the late Campomanes. Yes, he's in a different list now.

Salov: We also added Anand and Carlsen. By the way, Carlsen is a very interesting figure in the chess world; I think Viktor Lvovich Korchnoi once said in an interview for your site that he couldn't understand the non-chess methods Carlsen used to win.

Surov: He said that numerous times.

Salov: Carlsen is very interesting, we're studying him as well. We also added Caruana. How many are there?

Surov: Nine. You haven't mentioned Karjakin.

Salov: No, we don't touch Serezha Karjakin.

Surov: He's not good enough?

Авторские форумы:

http://shekina.mybb.ru/ (шахматы и каббала)

http://shekina.mybb.ru/ (шахматы и каббала)

http://wpc.freeforums.org/ (русский анализ еврейской матрицы)>

Is this right?:

Graduate of the faculty of economics of Leningrad State University, international GM, trainer, political writer, author of numerous studies in the fields of history and political science.

Writers' forums:

.... (Chess and Kabbalah)

- GM Valery Salov (in 1991)

<When I checked if there is any mention of chess in Wikipedia's list of conspiracy theories, I found Garry Kasparov's name there. Unfortunately, he is there only because of a so-called "New Chronology" As it turns out, Kasparov is a strong advocate of this conspiracy theory, which has nothing to do with chess.>