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Subject: Bobby Fischer: "But I don't play against it"

Author: odell hall

Date: 01:26:04 04/09/99


Hi CCC

  According to Andy soltis (chess life april 99 p.14) Bobby fischer disclosed
during his 1992 comeback that he used a computer to keep a file of games. "But I
don't play against it" says Bobby.  Having thought about this remark I thought
it was kind of odd, and I wonder if bobby fischer is in fact telling the truth.
 I find it hard to believe that a  chess player can resist playing
chess,especially when there is few humans around to play, regardless of the fact
that it is a computer. Or was it the fact that bobby had very little respect for
the strength of computers? It is possible that this may have been the case,
although I don't know how strong micro programs were in 1992. Actually I have
wondered many times whatever bobby fischer presently plays some of the top
programs today in his spare time, I would love to get ahold of such games if in
fact they exist. I would be willing to bet that he has played the top programs
many times and lost a bunch. Apparently he had no problem playing chess
computers when they were very weak (grenbaltt Program ?).



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