Author: Rolf Tueschen
Date: 08:41:25 01/26/03
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On January 26, 2003 at 09:41:10, Joseph Merolle wrote: >I would amagine that Spassky played strounger against Karpov considering there >was not as much presure on the mock match however spassy still lost this match >wow mabe Karpov was really stounger at this time when we originally thouht. > >JAMerolle The play of Karpov already then was superior to Spassky's. But we should see the games. If Karpov's wording is aurhentic he must have won. Rolf Tueschen > > > > > > >On January 26, 2003 at 09:30:05, Bobby Ang wrote: > >>It is well-known that Karpov played a training match with Boris Spassky a few >>months before the 1972 world championship match. All Karpov would say then abut >>the match's result was "I did not lose." >> >> >> >>On January 26, 2003 at 09:16:56, Albert Silver wrote: >> >>>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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