Author: Francois Bertin
Date: 11:00:29 10/29/00
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According to R.E. Fauber in "Impact of Genius, 500 Years of Grandmaster Chess", Capablanca wrote the following in the New York Times on the eve of the New York 1927 tournament: "We may now be somewhat weaker than when at our best ten years ago... "At San Sebastian, in 1911, in our first international encounter, we did not have much confidence or carrying the chief prize, but we had plenty of ambition and ... succeeded in winning the honor. "Then we were practically ignorant or our opponents' qualities, but we had a tremendous capacity for work. Today we know our opponents thoroughly, but alas! our capacity for work is not the same. "... We have now more experience but less power." New York 1927 was to be Capablanca's greatest tournament triumph, but that same year he would lost the world championship title to Alekhine. Quite prophetic of what awaits every aging chess player and world champion... On October 29, 2000 at 12:23:23, Lonnie Cook wrote: >On October 29, 2000 at 11:31:16, Daniel Chancey wrote: > >>I cannot believe that Kasparov drew in 14 moves. Energy or not, He had to >>play for a win. > >14.g4 > >Draw agreed. The World Champion is clearly off form for some reason- no new >ideas and no energy. This suggests there will be a sad end to what promised to >be a great fighting finish to the match. > >I like this eulogy on >http://chess.vavo.com/wcc2000/game.html. it's easy to b creative and full of >energy when you're playing weaker players but GK is playing a strong opponent >who rarely misses a trick plus he's getting old and he's days are numbered .. it >happens to all of us > > >>Castle2000
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