Author: Adnan
Date: 23:22:07 04/09/99
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On April 09, 1999 at 17:05:08, Charles Milton Ling wrote: >What should be borne in mind when making comparisons of these juvenile GMs is: >Fischer got the title for qualifying for the Candidates' Tournament, no less! >He was probably something like the 40th GM in the world at the time and was >probably in the top 10 So? Polgar and Leko are higher rated now than Fischer was at this age. Notice also that Kasparov was world number 1 when he was 23 or 24. But Fischer wasn't the highest rated player when he was 23 or 24. In short this "who was younger" proves nothing. I never liked Fischer, even before his interviews. I always thought of him as a coward who chickened out and quit chess after winning the world championship. Come on, the guy never played a single game against any top 10 player after 72. Gold medal of cowardice goes to Fischer.
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