Alexander Valeryevich Khalifman (Russian: Алекса́ндр Вале́рьевич Халифма́н; born 18 January 1966) is a Russian chess grandmaster. He was FIDE World Chess Champion in 1999.
Rating systems work perfectly for players who play only in round robin closed events. I think most of them are overrated. Organizers invite same people over and over because they have the same rating and their rating stays high.
One should respect a defeated opponent!
Never play for the win, never play for the draw, just play chess!
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