Author: Albert Silver
Date: 06:16:56 01/26/03
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On January 26, 2003 at 09:08:53, Joseph Merolle wrote:
>
>I was listening to Chess FM one night and one of the comintators mentioned
>how slothfel Spassky was before the Fischer/Spassky world championship. He
>seemed to indicated that Spassky should have had a sence of urgency after a mock
>match between Karpov and Spassky before the championship. My questiong is does
>anyone know what the results were of this mock match and where are the games.
>Those games should indicate really how far apart Karpov and Fischer really were
>at the time. Some dialog and answers on the topic would be great.
>
>
>Regards JAMerolle
Karpov was still weaker than Spassky then most likely. He only edged close to
2700 by 1974-1975. Remember that he was quite young then. Still, this is the
first I ever heard of a training match between the two.
Albert
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