Author: Terry Giles
Date: 05:45:07 08/26/04
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On August 26, 2004 at 03:10:55, Madhavan wrote: >According to 'FIDE' present top 10 players > >1 Kasparov, Garry g RUS 2817 >2 Anand, Viswanathan g IND 2782 >3 Kramnik, Vladimir g RUS 2770 >4 Morozevich, Alexander g RUS 2743 >5 Leko, Peter g HUN 2741 >6 Adams, Michael g ENG 2738 >7 Topalov, Veselin g BUL 2737 >8 Polgar, Judit g HUN 2728 >9 Svidler, Peter g RUS 2727 >10 Shirov, Alexei g ESP 2725 > >how would you rate Robert James 'Bobby' Fischer? >i would give 2740,i'm not sure if Bobby had almost forgotten 'super-GM style >chess'which he used to play way back 1970's >Fischer wouldnt give draw by agreement,continues to play till the end. When Fischer quit chess his rating was 2780, his best rating ever was 2785 just prior to his world championship match with Spassky. Today Fischer would be struggling to manage a rating over 2500 in classical chess. As for placing him in the same category as Leko or Morozevich - NO WAY! Terry
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