Author: Gunnar Andersson
Date: 09:22:43 03/16/00
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On March 16, 2000 at 11:52:32, Walter Koroljow wrote: >> Someone on the CCC suggested that, to be fair, Kasparov ought to play some >>tennis with Becker. I don't think it could possibly be as one-sided as their >>silly "game." I would estimate Becker's playing strength at maybe 500 or >>600--not even a good beginner. Unless Kasparov is the most unathletic person in the world, he couldn't possibly be that bad in tennis. > >I suspect Kasparov would look just as bad or worse at tennis. I reason by >analogy to my slight table tennis experience decades ago... > >I was one of the best players at my college and thought I was pretty good (the >foolishness of youth!). A few years later I played a little at the club in >Phila. after a national rating system was instituted. I could hold my own >against a 900-player. Against 1600 players I generally lost 21-0. State-class >players were rated about 2000-2200. I then saw a 2500-player play and I will >never forget it. > >Of course, world class players were rated much higher... > >I strongly suspect I looked as if I was playing 2.Qh5 or worse! A friend from school used to play a lot of tennis and was one of the top players at the local tennis club. He entered some "challenge the champs" television show and was pitted against Mikael Pernfors, a strong Swedish player at that time. (Nowhere close to Edberg and Wilander, but still top-10 in the world when he was at his prime.) It was almost painful to watch, my friend never managed to return even a single _second serve_. And Pernfors was considered to have a weak serve... In chess, like tennis, differences in strength really separate average and really good players... / GUnnar > >Cheers, > >Walter
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