13 Oct 06
Originally posted by Turfmoordid it take you 35 years to write this?
If, and as always with Bobby, it is a BIG if this goes ahead, who do we think will win?
My heart say Fischer
but . . . . . . . . . .
I believe this is Gothic Chess
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and what concessions would fischer demand this time? perhaps that karpov play blindfolded, or drunk?
13 Oct 06
Originally posted by flexmoreAs far as I am aware the match has been agreed by both players with a total prize fund of $15000000
did it take you 35 years to write this?
and what concessions would fischer demand this time? perhaps that karpov play blindfolded, or drunk?
as I said it is Gothic Chess but should be interesting none the less
13 Oct 06
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Wow, what a coincidence this is! Just a couple of days ago, I posted a thread on the feasibility of luring Fischer to play again. Interestingly, someone said that he has nothing to prove; that he IS the best; that he had proven so by coming back to play against Spassky in the nineties. Well, I beg to differ. At best, I would agree to a 'WAS'. Indeed Fischer was (and in all likelihood still is) a very good player. As far as I am concerned, he WAS the best, but I am not sure about 'IS'.
Yes, granted, he did emerged from chess wilderness to take up the challenge by Spassky, and won those games convincingly. But I don't think that Spassky was the best in the world when those games were played. In order for Fischer to claim that he IS the best, then he must beat the best in the world. Well, at least that's the way I see it.
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13 Oct 06
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Originally posted by TurfmoorIm listening to it right now, sounds like total BS. For a start I doubt that Gothic Chess could cough up $15,000,000.
As far as I am aware the match has been agreed by both players with a total prize fund of $15000000
as I said it is Gothic Chess but should be interesting none the less
I suspect that in a few weeks/months time this will be shown to be a publicity stunt.
13 Oct 06
Originally posted by Turfmoorif i had $15 million to put into chess then i would put up $14.5 mill in prize for Kramnik v Topalov -take two, and $500,000 on the bathrooms.
As far as I am aware the match has been agreed by both players with a total prize fund of $15000000
as I said it is Gothic Chess but should be interesting none the less
13 Oct 06
Originally posted by flexmoreLOL... I think you are missing the point. Which games would sell better in your opinion? Curiosity is a very strange thing. If people are not following the Fischer games because of brilliant chess, they would at least do it out of curiosity -- just to see if he still has it!
if i had $15 million to put into chess then i would put up $14.5 mill in prize for Kramnik v Topalov -take two, and $500,000 on the bathrooms.
13 Oct 06
Originally posted by ckoh1965i suppose there is no need to show karpov still has it - he has shown that over and over:
LOL... I think you are missing the point. Which games would sell better in your opinion? Curiosity is a very strange thing. If people are not following the Fischer games because of brilliant chess, they would at least do it out of curiosity -- just to see if he still has it!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karpov#World_champion
In 1991 Karpov temporarily dropped to third in the FIDE ranking list, the first time since 1971. Though he quickly recovered, many said that Karpov had lost his edge, and that his playing level had declined. However, Karpov bounced back against the world's very strongest players (in the order of their finish, Kasparov, Shirov, Bareev, Kramnik, Lautier, Anand, Kamsky, Topalov, Ivanchuk, Gelfand, Illescas, Judit Polgar, and Beliavsky) in the landmark "super-strong" tournament Linares 1994 (average ELO rating 2685, the highest ever to that moment, meaning it was the first Category XVIII tournament ever held).
Impressed by the strength of the tournament, Kasparov had said several days before the tournament that the winner could rightfully be called the world champion of tournaments. Perhaps spurred on by this comment, Karpov played the chess of his life and dramatically won the tournament. He was undefeated and earned 11 points out of 13 possible (the best world-class tournament winning percentage since Alekhine won San Remo in 1930), dominating second-place Kasparov and Shirov by a huge 2.5 points. Many of his wins were spectacular (in particular, his win over Topalov, detailed below, is considered possibly his finest throughout his career). This performance against the best players in the world put his ELO rating tournament performance at 2985, the highest performance rating of any chess player in any tournament in all of chess history.