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Subject: Re: Karpov could probably give a pawn odd to Bobby Fisher ?!

Author: Terry McCracken

Date: 09:51:00 05/04/02

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On May 04, 2002 at 11:14:50, Martin Andersen wrote:

>On May 04, 2002 at 10:50:59, Jorge Pichard wrote:
>
>>I strongly believe that the reason for Bobby Fischer to vanish from chess for
>>olmost 30 Years, was that he feared Anatoly Karpov.
>>
>>http://www.chessbase.com/events/events.asp?pid=130
>
>I don't think he feared anyone. Maybe he got bored after
>becoming World Ch, who knows. He is a bit crazy.
>
>Martin.

I agree, Fischer feared no one, not even Karpov.

Fischer had a set of demands, IE where to play how much etc. and the FIDE said
NO! It was a shame that the FIDE and Fischer didn't reach a mutual agreement.

Chess is poorer for it, regardless of what we may think of Fischer as a person.

Terry

• Re: Karpov could probably give a pawn odd to Bobby Fisher ?! David Amatulli 06:17:51 05/05/02
  • Re: Karpov could probably give a pawn odd to Bobby Fisher ?! Jason Williamson 11:27:09 05/06/02
  • Re: Karpov could probably give a pawn odd to Bobby Fisher ?! Jorge Pichard 06:38:04 05/05/02
    • Re: Karpov could probably give a pawn odd to Bobby Fisher ?! Terry McCracken 09:29:53 05/05/02
      • Re: Karpov could probably give a pawn odd to Bobby Fisher ?! stuart taylor 10:03:05 05/05/02

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