Author: Mike Byrne
Date: 21:54:29 02/16/03
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On February 16, 2003 at 22:47:18, John Jack wrote: >How much greater would Bobby have been if he had access to the powerfull >computers and software That we have Today (2950ELO)??. I have a issue of chess >life early 70s they list his rating at 2810 (Front Cover)That was over 30 years >ago. When There Was no computer for chess. (Just Books) > > > > John E Jack Just remember, perhaps the greatest genius in chess yes, but his mental unstabilities limited his duration at the top. At the same time, they might have contributed to his greatness. As a young boy in his teens, some thought that perhaps Fischer should be given some psychogical counseling - due to his noticeable eccentrics even at that age. It was decided against it, for fear that it might diminish his chess genius. In hindsight, perhaps it should have been provided. We will never know what perhaps could have been Kasparov also exhibits some of these same paranoid tendencies - but to a far lessor extent. One example is his belief that Deep Blue cheated with human intervention. Just goes to show you that there is fine line between genius and the unstable - Fischer is firmly planted in the unstable camp, Garry is in the genius camp ...although not as firmly as he once was held out to be. Michael
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