...is popping up in chess columns all over the planet.
It was in the Blitz section of the Croatia Grand Chess Tour.
Gary is in good company. An RHP player fell into the same pit in 2004.
ythgirw - billyrob44 RHP 2004 Game 807092
S. Mamedyarov - G.Kasparov, Croatia 2021
Gary finished the blitz section at Croatia with P.18 W1. D3. L.14.
The great man, now 58, though embarrassed is taking it all in his stride
tweeting that he is an out of practise amateur playing chess professionals.
Korchnoi and Lasker well truly exceptional playing good chess into their mid 60's.
The majority of good players take a massive dip as they get older, no crime in that.
he also tweeted.:
"But time is undefeated, and Caissa is a jealous mistress who punishes
anyone who ignores her as much as I do!"
D's post reminded me of this quote from Teddy Roosevelt
It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs, who comes short again and again, because there is no effort without error and shortcoming; but who does actually strive to do the deeds; who knows great enthusiasms, the great devotions; who spends himself in a worthy cause; who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who neither know victory nor defeat."
The game was not made up. It happened. Leonard did as I did, reported the facts.
A great player like Kasparov resigning in 7 moves is news. I made sure I
mentioned it was a blitz game which is a lottery at any level.
If anyone has the right to highlight a Kasparov joke game it's Leonard Barden.
In the Guardian, 24 February 1975, : Leonard wrote that in his opinion a future
world champion will be an 11 year old boy from Baku. Gary Kasparov!
Some of the recent posts at this forum (including on this thread) would seem to have been made in disregard of the Forum Posting Guidelines, which include the following:
'Discussions in forums can often get heated, but while you may take issue with another poster's viewpoint, you must not resort to personal attacks or abuse. Do not post offensive or inflammatory remarks that stray beyond the bounds of reasoned debate. Calling another poster an "idiot" will leave a post subject to immediate removal.'
The post that was quoted here has been removedI guess I don't see why RHP's past failures to remove unspeakable content would excuse posts that contain relatively minor violations of RHP's terms of service. If a post is flagged and indeed violates the terms, then why shouldn't RHP delete it?
I would like to see consistently civil discourse at the Only Chess forum, and I'd imagine that I'm not alone. To try to achieve this apparently will require flagging any future post to this forum that appears to violate RHP's terms. The most common apparent violations I've seen are personal insult and blatant misrepresentation of someone else's post.