Author: Mark R. Anderson
Date: 20:14:56 03/24/05
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On March 23, 2005 at 19:43:05, Jorge Pichard wrote: >On March 23, 2005 at 19:37:29, Jorge Pichard wrote: > >>After Kasparov wrote down that Fischer was afraid to play against Karpov back in >>the 70's to defend his title. He somehow read it inside of his jail and stated >>that if he gets 5 millions he will play against Karpov to finally defend his >>world title which was striped form him. >> > > Don't you wish that somehow that was true and Bobby finally accept to play >against Mr.Karpov? How many of you think that Fischer back in the 70's would had >beaten Karpov? And how many of you think that Bobby can still beat Mr. Karpov >now? > >Jorge Fischer's performance in 1992 showed that he was (then) barely in the top 100. Nowadays, I think he would probably be rated in the mid or upper 2500s ... hardly a match for any of the top GMs. Karpov is not nearly as strong as he used to be, but he would easily beat the Fischer of now, and Kasparov would *destroy* the current Fischer, especially with his mental problems. (Did someone here really say that Kasparov was afraid of Fischer? Do you really believe that?) My personal feeling is that, if he could have gotten his mental state OK and practiced beforehand, Fischer would have beaten Karpov (barely) in the first match (75) and then lost to Karpov 3 years later. Just my feeling, but I have heard Grandmasters express similar thoughts.... Mark
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