Author: stuart taylor
Date: 00:15:15 02/17/03
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On February 17, 2003 at 00:54:29, Mike Byrne wrote: >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 Those with more genius take more liberties and risks with what they say (and do), confident in their great mental stability with which they can either back up or disengage themselves, from wrong situations. Fisher does not seem to have been in that category, but Kasparov is normal. Geniuses also may tend to learn some things slower than other people do, as they are prepared to make more mistakes and experiment much more, on their own responsibility, before coming to the right conclusions about some things. Is this healthy? Not always, and not in every way. But it can be used in a healthy way, without wasting of time and talents, but it needs a very special and understanding upbringing. S.Taylor
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