Author: Mike Byrne
Date: 20:33:02 12/20/04
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On December 19, 2004 at 19:14:20, Albert Silver wrote: >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 > Correct, I was not reacting your words, I was reacting to Kasparov's. I think Kasparov is a great player -- but it is very unbecoming when a great player throws mud on another great player - they are both great players - and Kasparov should just leave it at that.
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