Author: Pete Galati
Date: 11:57:27 05/04/00
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On May 04, 2000 at 04:51:52, Alberto Rezza wrote: >On May 03, 2000 at 21:52:02, Robert Hyatt wrote: > >>totally sane? > >In sports, my opponent may be totally insane. He may also be a complete asshole. >He may be my personal enemy. We may have 101 law-suits going on. And I'm free to >despise him as much as I like. > >But (unless he does something so bad as to actually get himself disqualified) if >I refuse to play him, I lose and he wins. > >Unfortunalely in chess one can all too often choose one's opponent. It's enough >to look at the history (old and recent) of the human world championsip. >Conclusion: chess is very far from being a true sport. > >Anyway, DB quit playing just like Fisher did. There are still some who say that >Fisher is the real world champion... :) Nothing is ever a clear cut reality when dealing with World Champion GMs or large corporations. In both cases I think "the deal" is more important than the sportsmanship aspect. If you buy that idea, then it's not really very clear who squeshed the deal. I know you're kidding about Fischer being the champ, but I'm still pretty sure that Alekhine never gave up the title, so Fischer never could have won it in the first place. Word is that the worms still won't touch Alekhine, maybe he should have been cremated, would have burned fast. I still consider him the Champ. Pete
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