Author: Ralph E. Carter
Date: 15:00:24 08/27/99
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On August 24, 1999 at 21:35:33, Robert Hyatt wrote: snip >From my vantage point, both from >watching and talking with many GM players that I have a lot of respect for, I >think Karpov is the best blitz player in the world, >and I can tell you how >crafty would do (and did) against him. :) > >He fares no better than any other top GM I have seen play it... snip It was painful enough when he lost to Kasparov. To me, it was as if "chess truth" was overcome by a barbarian who was MERELY stronger. Now this. As one who spent months and months studying Karpov's games, to think of this smooth, perfect-looking player losing his pieces and pawns to an amoral brute is somewhat painful. We all asked for this... Some of the mysterious psychological forces, such as hero-worship, that cause some people to become obsessed with this game will be altered in ways that are hard to predict. We had "demigods" whom we could meet in the pages of books. Now, it is paradise lost. Crafty, like Icarus, flew up to the gods, but its wings did not burn. And soon, there will be no chess-gods. Reuben Fine, we need you now.
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