Author: Mike Byrne
Date: 18:32:23 11/10/03
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On November 10, 2003 at 21:11:17, Mike Byrne wrote: >On November 10, 2003 at 04:32:24, bo brady wrote: > >> >> >> >>This is an excerpt from Scid's ELO file >>Tal is said to have had a rating of 2705 in 1980 >>but in 1979:2615 and in 1981:2555 >>Is the 1980 figure a mistake? >> >>Tal, Mikhail N #gm LAT [2710] 1936.11.09--1992.06.28 >>%Elo 1971:2610,2620 1972:2625 1973:2660 1974:2635 1975:2645 >>%Elo 1976:2615 1977:2620 1978:2625 1979:2615 1980:2705 1981:2555,2560 >>%Elo 1982:2605,2610 1983:2620,2620 1984:2620,2605 1985:2565,2565 >>%Elo 1986:2600,2600 1987:2605,2625 1988:2630,2610 1989:2610,2585 >>%Elo 1990:2585 1991:2565,2575 1992:2520 >>= Tal, Mikhail Nekhemyevich >>= Tal, Mihail N >>= Tal, Michail N >>= Tal, MN >> >>Also, Fischer is said to have had a rating of 2780 in 1992 and as of 1999 >>But he did not play a single official tournament since 1972 >>Is Fischer's rating here a mistake or purely theoretical? >> >>Fischer, Robert J #gm USA [2790] 1943.03.09 >>%Bio World champion, 1972-1975. >>%Elo 1971:2740,2760 1972:2785 1992:2785 1997:2780 1999:2780,2780 >>%Elo 2000:2780,2780 2001:2780,2780,2780,2780 2002:2780,2780,2780,2780 >>%Elo 2003:2780 >>= Fischer, Robert James >>= Fischer, RJ > >Apparantly Fischer still has membership ID # in FIDE and his rating istill 2780 >although he may be considered inactive. > >http://www.fide.com/ratings/card.phtml?event=2000016 > >Tal lived as he played - on the edge and taking risks. His hard, fast living >(mostly smoking and alcohol) wore down his body and he enjoyed less than robust >health after his mid 20's. He suffered his fist heat attack before he was 30 >and he had a kidney removed at the age of 32. IMO, His best games were played it looks like I for got to buy some "r's". He suffered his first heart attack before he was 30. >and he had a kidney removed at the age of 32. >before 1962 while he was under the age of 25. > > >There is no doubt IMO, that if Tal had better health and took care of his body a >little more (no smoking and drinking) - he perhaps would gone down as one of >the top 3 players that ever played instead of one of the top 15 or so that ever >played. For play the under the age of 25, perhaps he had no equal. He defeated >WC Mikhail Botvinnik 12 ½ to 8 ½ a the age of 23. This was not a welcomed >development in the USSR at the time as Botvinnik was considered a favorite son >by the Communist party. . > >A final testament to his playing strength - he is one of two players (the other >- Efim Geller) that had a plus score against Bobby Fischer with at least 10 >games played. BTW, In Curacco 1962, when he was 25 he had to withdraw due to ill >health, the only GM to visit him in the hospital was Fischer.
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