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Subject: Re: Off Topic:Robert James 'Bobby' Fischer [FIDE]rating?

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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