Karpov doesn't know how to lose
After losing yesterday's game to Istratescu, Karpov seems to have lost his temper. He cancelled all his appointments for the rest of the day (he was invited to national television and to several important newspapers), declaring that he has come to play chess, not to waste his time in other places. According to spectators, after the game, he was livid and analized the game for 40 more minutes with Andrei (Istratescu). They also had dinner together, and Karpov couldn't believe he lost, and was asking Andrei all the time what he would have done in different situations.

The night before, he had dinner in a traditional romanian restaurant, and he said that the folk music played there made him lose his focus. He really can't accept defeat and is looking for excuses.

According to newspapers, sources close to Karpov declared that he made lots of phone calls to Russia, to summon on his grandmaster staff. He has at least 12 grandmasters he is consulting with for today's game (the last of the match). They also said that he'll have hipnotizers in the playing hall, to take care of Andrei :) Now this is what I call will to win... I really didn't expect such behavior from Karpov. After all, this is an exhibition match, for charity - I don't know, maybe the games aren't even rated, so he won't lose any Elo points (but then again, I might be wrong)

We're looking forward to an exciting (or should I say, explozive) game today. The score is now tied, 1.5 -1.5
- posted by Időbeosztás-guru @ 9:47 AM