Author: Lawrence S. Tamarkin
Date: 16:32:08 02/07/00
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I like to watch players who play, and don't have any 'ax to grind', against particular ethnic groups. Bronstein is a great human being & a great artist, and still 'alive', and even writing & creating. A guy like Fischer is a great player to study, and I have bought every book there is about him and his chess, but he is worse than dead too my way of thinking; because everything he says and does, destroys the memory of his great chess & fantastic career - It is very sad. Even the merceny, Anti-Semite Alekhine has become more palatible by comparison, because (for the most part) he had mainly chess on his mind, right up to the end... Larry T. On February 06, 2000 at 07:11:27, stuart taylor wrote: >On February 05, 2000 at 02:09:45, Ed Schröder wrote: > >>On February 04, 2000 at 23:25:44, Andrew wrote: >> >>> Personally I think R J Fischer would be the most entertaining GM versus a >>>computer player and maybe the strongest. His wonderfully entertaining >>>performance against the Greenblatt program comes to mind. Chess engines are much >>>stronger today tactically of course. My money would still be on Fischer. >> >>Add (good old) David Bronstein to your list. Contrary to the other GM's at >>AEGON he kept his style and instead of avoiding tactical complications he >>sacced pawns / pieces and was succesful most of the time against the silicon. >> >>He had absolutely no fear for computers, just playing his romatic style. >>A real pleassure watching him play. >> >>Ed > >Yes, I think it would have been the most instructive, and a great service >for computer chess. But he would have learned some very bitter lessons also. >But these lessons would not have sent him willingly to anti-computer chess, >which is great. > But now, having acheived his chess mission-and grown older, he probably >finds it easier to just enjoy the fruits of his labour(playing 2600 chess with >ease)-not a good stretegy >against computers (even if he would accept an invitation to come out and >play) > S.Taylor
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