Author: Jorge Pichard
Date: 06:38:04 05/05/02
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On May 05, 2002 at 09:17:51, David Amatulli wrote: >On May 04, 2002 at 12:51:00, Terry McCracken wrote: > >>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 > Your right Fischer wanted the big bucks and no one was willing to give it. I'd >quit to if I was the best and couldn't get the money for it. But how much money Fischer didn't make by quitting? A lot of millions, since five years later he could have demanded millions against Kasparov. Pichard.
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