Spassky gonna share a cell with Fischer...

Not sure if it really happened, but here's an article saying that ol' Boris wants the Fish to go free... or lock himself up as well.

http://www.sundayherald.com/44086

Hehe,you're a little late..........😉http://www.redhotpawn.com/board/showthread.php?id=13276

oh sure... like i have nothing better to do all day than stay here on rhp and read all the forums.... i'm too busy playing chess! ;-)

okay, am i late with the news that fischer's getting married?

Originally posted by GoRedSox
oh sure... like i have nothing better to do all day than stay here on rhp and read all the forums.... i'm too busy playing chess! ;-)

okay, am i late with the news that fischer's getting married?

Originally posted by GoRedSox

Not sure if it really happened, but here's an article saying that ol' Boris wants the Fish to go free... or lock himself up as well.

http://www.sundayherald.com/44086

Well, Fischer and Spassky would have two things in common in their cell: They have both been World Champions and they don´t like members of the Jewish people.
Perhaps even Aljechin could join them from above? He was no great fan of Jewish people either and he was a very great World Champion.
Right?

since when is spassky an anti-semite?

Originally posted by paultopia
since when is spassky an anti-semite?

Originally posted by taifun
In a book: "Bobby Fischer Goes to War", Spassky said this about himself: I´m an honourable anti-Semit, or the like.

Originally posted by paultopia
Hm... I'd have to see that quote to believe it, given Spassky's wide reputation as a gentleman and a good-natured fellow.

Dominic Lawson in his book 'The Inner Game' (p28) writes "There were other reasons for welcoming an end to the professional relationship between Spassky and Nigel [Short]. The Russian ex-world champion, in common with many lesser men of his age and race, was a thoroughgoing anti-Semite, and there were occasions when he seemed to be teaching Nigel how this could be applied to chess. Following this expert tuition, Nigel would pronounce a certain opening, such as the Grunfeld Defence, to be a 'Jewish' opening... Under the Spassky influence , Nigel even began to refer to a 'Jewish' style of playing chess. This, I gathered was an indirect, modernist style of almost wilful complexity - as practiced by the likes of Garri Kasparov and Jonathan Speelman, and not at all like the classically direct play of Boris Spassky and Nigel Short. Fortunately, with the dropping of Boris Spassky [as his trainer], Nigel also dropped his racial theories of chess."

Dave
[the comments in brackets are mine]

Originally posted by Bobla45
If he feels that strongly about it, theres something better we can do than putting him in with Fischer........

Originally posted by GoRedSox
what would that be?

Originally posted by Bobla45
Put him in a cell with Petrosian😲