Author: Albert Silver
Date: 16:14:20 12/19/04
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On December 19, 2004 at 18:15:37, Mike Byrne wrote:
>On December 19, 2004 at 17:02:34, Albert Silver wrote:
>
>There are a lot of interesting elements,
>>including comments on his controversial statement that Fischer avoided the match
>>against Karpov in 1975 because he was afraid of him!
>>
>
>That is simply not true - what often gets loss in the dirt is that what Fischer
>demanded was unlimited games, draws don't count , the first to get 10 wins the
>world championship. A 9-9 tie and Fischer retain the World Chamnpionship. Fide
>refused to meet this demand.
:-) Peace. I gave the link, I never said it was true. It is irrelevant. It's
just fuel for the fire. I guess he's just trying to ensure that when the issue
of who is greater comes up, Fischer or him, he is chosen. Personally I think
he's the greatest player to ever play, but it has nothing to do with his
comments.
Albert
>
>Later. after Karpov was awarded the title, the Fide adopted the draws don't
>count format when Karpov played Kasparov. So ultimately, one can say Fischer
>won the battle and lost the war.
>
>The Fide was essentially umder Russian control back then and was almost as
>corrupt as the current Fide is today.
>
>A smoother operator would have compromised, but Fischer's uncompromising
>personality trait which helped win the title was also his achille's heel in
>forfeiting the title. By the mid 70's , the Russians has him figured out and
>knew this would be his undoing.
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