Author: Bobby Ang
Date: 05:25:33 04/09/99
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hmmmmm .... what is the point of this post? Mr. Hall, are you trying to defame his name? If you want to know what he is doing lately go to my website and see: http://www.philchess.com.ph I can tell you as a fact that Bobby does NOT have a computer in his living quarters. So could we end the discussion on that note? BOBBY ANG On April 09, 1999 at 04:26:04, odell hall wrote: >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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