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Date: 10 Dec 2007 06:24:46
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Subject: Fischer-Spassky 1992 (Game 1)
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Date: 13 Dec 2007 19:14:32
From: help bot
Subject: Re: Fischer-Spassky 1992 (Game 1)
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On Dec 13, 6:36 pm, "David Kane" <[email protected] > wrote: > >> > According to the article, in 1992 Bobby Fischer was willing > >> > to play without the unfair advantage he requested for the > >> > 1972 match; it says that if they had tied 9-9, the match > >> > would be declared drawn and the prize money shared > >> > equally. I guess that's a self-mate... . > > >> They say people "mellow" with age. I guess that applies to Bobby as > >> well?? > > > All the propagandists agreed that this was a matter > > of principle, so no mellowing with age could have the > > slightest affect. In fact, as we saw with the battle > > between GMs Lasker and Capablanca, only the allure > > of money could break the spell. > > A more apt description is that Fischer's propagandists AFAIK, Bobby Fischer hired no propagandists, although there were plenty of propagandists who were quick to jump at the chance to defend his every whim, for their own reasons. > portrayed the issue as matter of principle. The reality > is that Fischer wouldn't have played Karpov under > *any* conditions, no matter how favorable. Idunno. It looked as though BF tried very hard to get out of playing Boris Spassky, but failed in the end when even the match rules were tossed out on his behalf. > From Fischer's point of view, he had everything > to lose by playing and nothing to gain. That's mostly true; yet did not Jose Capablanca manage to take the title without the loss of a single game? Did not champions like GMs Steinitz, Lasker, and Botvinnik hold the title more than just one "cycle"? Surely then, BF had room for some gain. Besides, at only 2780, there were many more FIDE rating points out there for the taking; at GetClub, Zebediah has driven one level down to a ridiculously low 400+ rating; why could not BF attempt to push all his rivals below 2700, 2690, or even 2680, by beating them over and over? Look at what Gary Kasparov managed to achieve in that realm. -- help bot
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Date: 13 Dec 2007 12:11:00
From: help bot
Subject: Re: Fischer-Spassky 1992 (Game 1)
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On Dec 12, 8:21 am, David Richerby <[email protected] > wrote: > help bot <[email protected]> wrote: > > According to the article, in 1992 Bobby Fischer was willing to play > > without the unfair advantage he requested for the 1972 match; it > > says that if they had tied 9-9, the match would be declared drawn > > and the prize money shared equally. > > (You mean the 1975 match.) I stand corrected. (That's the second time, LB; I know you're out there keeping track.) -- help bot
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Date: 13 Dec 2007 12:09:38
From: help bot
Subject: Re: Fischer-Spassky 1992 (Game 1)
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On Dec 12, 8:08 am, [email protected] wrote: > > According to the article, in 1992 Bobby Fischer was willing > > to play without the unfair advantage he requested for the > > 1972 match; it says that if they had tied 9-9, the match > > would be declared drawn and the prize money shared > > equally. I guess that's a self-mate... . > They say people "mellow" with age. I guess that applies to Bobby as > well?? All the propagandists agreed that this was a matter of principle, so no mellowing with age could have the slightest affect. In fact, as we saw with the battle between GMs Lasker and Capablanca, only the allure of money could break the spell. Besides, Bobby Fischer has not mellowed with age; he is as sour and toxic as ever. In 1992, the first we heard out of BF was him spitting upon an executive order from President Bush at a press conference. In September of 2001, he was the same old "mellow" fellow, going on the air to applaud the 9/11 attacks, tell us that African Americans should be sent back to Africa, evil Whites to Europe, and presumably, the Red man raised from the dead and given back his homeland (this last part entails even greater problems than all the others combined, unless cloning the dead is legalized). -- help bot
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Date: 13 Dec 2007 15:36:32
From: David Kane
Subject: Re: Fischer-Spassky 1992 (Game 1)
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"help bot" <[email protected] > wrote in message news:9e67583f-bedf-4766-a508-76e1754e65d0@a35g2000prf.googlegroups.com... > On Dec 12, 8:08 am, [email protected] wrote: > >> > According to the article, in 1992 Bobby Fischer was willing >> > to play without the unfair advantage he requested for the >> > 1972 match; it says that if they had tied 9-9, the match >> > would be declared drawn and the prize money shared >> > equally. I guess that's a self-mate... . > >> They say people "mellow" with age. I guess that applies to Bobby as >> well?? > > All the propagandists agreed that this was a matter > of principle, so no mellowing with age could have the > slightest affect. In fact, as we saw with the battle > between GMs Lasker and Capablanca, only the allure > of money could break the spell. A more apt description is that Fischer's propagandists portrayed the issue as matter of principle. The reality is that Fischer wouldn't have played Karpov under *any* conditions, no matter how favorable. From Fischer's point of view, he had everything to lose by playing and nothing to gain.
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Date: 12 Dec 2007 05:08:58
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Subject: Re: Fischer-Spassky 1992 (Game 1)
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On Dec 11, 8:35 pm, help bot <[email protected] > wrote: > On Dec 10, 9:24 am, [email protected] wrote: > > >http://www.rookhouse.com/blog/ > > According to the article, in 1992 Bobby Fischer was willing > to play without the unfair advantage he requested for the > 1972 match; it says that if they had tied 9-9, the match > would be declared drawn and the prize money shared > equally. I guess that's a self-mate... . > > -- help bot They say people "mellow" with age. I guess that applies to Bobby as well??
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Date: 11 Dec 2007 19:45:52
From: SAT W-7
Subject: Re: Fischer-Spassky 1992 (Game 1)
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Date: 11 Dec 2007 17:35:50
From: help bot
Subject: Re: Fischer-Spassky 1992 (Game 1)
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On Dec 10, 9:24 am, [email protected] wrote: > http://www.rookhouse.com/blog/ According to the article, in 1992 Bobby Fischer was willing to play without the unfair advantage he requested for the 1972 match; it says that if they had tied 9-9, the match would be declared drawn and the prize money shared equally. I guess that's a self-mate... . -- help bot
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Date: 12 Dec 2007 13:21:27
From: David Richerby
Subject: Re: Fischer-Spassky 1992 (Game 1)
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help bot <[email protected] > wrote: > According to the article, in 1992 Bobby Fischer was willing to play > without the unfair advantage he requested for the 1972 match; it > says that if they had tied 9-9, the match would be declared drawn > and the prize money shared equally. (You mean the 1975 match.) Dave. -- David Richerby Revolting Natural Hi-Fi (TM): www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~davidr/ it's like a music system but it's completely natural and it'll turn your stomach!
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