Author: Derek
Date: 22:48:35 05/28/05
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On May 27, 2005 at 15:00:42, adam wilks wrote: >Fischers strength may have decreased since 1972 yet I still think his chess >creativity and simplicity along with Morphy`s positional ideas will remain >unchallenged for many centuries to come. I think Fischers true strength in his >prime was severly underrated due to peoples perceptions of his character through >his behaviour. I think his behaviour is normal for someone with an iq of 180. Outside of his immense chess talent, his 180 IQ has failed him in many other aspects (e.g. social skills, ability to speak intelligently, ability to invest his money intelligently, etc.). >Extremely sensitive to lights and noises hence 1972. > >Since learning about how he affected chess for possibly millions of yesterdays >and todays generation plus the fashion in which he destroyed Taimanov and Larsen >6-0 respectively and fininshing 5 points ahead of Tal in a blitz tournament now >gives me the impression hes the greatest chess player ever. The reasons why i >think so are: Could Kasparov in his prime have beaten the same opponents and >finished 5 points ahead of Tal? Could kasparov beat the modern day equivalent of >Donald Byrne when he was 13 not only that but in the same fashion? No offense to Donald Byrne, but I think a 13 year old Kasparov would have been more than capable of beating him in the same manner that Fischer did. In regards to the infamous blitz tournament, while it was a great accomplishment, it was simply a single "blitz" tournament, and many have seen the need to classify Fischer as the greatest blitz player ever based on this one tournament. I fail to see the justification for this. While his wins against Taimanov and Larsen are incredible, he left the game too early and in my opinion missed the opportunity to show that he had the consistency of Kasparov, who has been at the top of the chess world for the past 15 years or so. > >Lastly, i think Fischer with his speed and keeping things simple approach on the >board would have destroyed Deep Blue in 1997 and busted its opening book let >alone knowing about how chess computers/programs work! I think Fischer would have also lost to Deep Blue. His speed would have had very little to do with the outcome.
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