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| Jun-01-04 | | OneBadDog: Din't Kramnik opine that 5 minutes was the minimal time limit needed to play any sort of meaningful game? |
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| Jun-02-04 | | drukenknight: I tend to agree w/ Everett on his last pt. |
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Mar-09-06
 | | OBIT: A noteworthy fact about this contest is that it is the only game Fischer lost at the 1970 Herceg Novi blitz tournament, quite possibly the strongest five-minute tournament ever held. The twelve participants were Fischer, Tal, Korchnoi, Petrosian, Bronstein, Hort, Matulovich, Smyslov, Reshevsky, Uhlmann, Ivkov, and Ostojic. Fischer utterly dominated this super-strong field with a 19-3 score (17 wins, four draws, and one loss), 4 1/2 points better than 2nd place finisher Tal. This result is quite a compelling argument that Fischer is easily the strongest blitz player of all time. For the record, the four players who managed one draw against Fischer at Herceg Novi (losing the other game in the double round-robin format) were Bronstein, Hort, Reshevsky, and Uhlmann. |
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| Apr-17-06 | | AlexandraThess: What a shame for Fischer.Playing against Korchnoi with a rook down LoL.Shame! |
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| Mar-20-07 | | themanfrommanila: Considering this was 1970, the year Fischer was deemed unconquerable. |
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| Mar-20-07 | | TrueFiendish: It was a blitz game though. |
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| Mar-20-07 | | laskereshevsky: HI <TrueFiendish:> yes, is it.....
as mentioned in the "game's title" just above the board..... < Herceg Novi blitz 1970 > BYE |
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| Mar-20-07 | | TrueFiendish: HI <laskereshevsky> Yes, I was just pointing it out for the two above me. |
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| Mar-21-07 | | chessamateur: 23. Ra5? |
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| Mar-21-07 | | laskereshevsky: <TrueFiendish:>
OH!....then sorry!....
your final word <though> gave me a false-track.... i supposted yours post was a "kind" of question....
AKUNA MATATA....BYE |
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| Jan-21-08 | | abcpokerboy: It's curious about the Fischer-Kortchnoi matchups that of the 6 decisive games, black won 5. "You take the first move, Viktor." "No thanks, Bobby". |
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| Dec-04-08 | | pmarrone: It's interesting to note that Fischer is the only world champion since Steinitz who has not employed the French. As is the case here, Fischer actually stumbled against the French quite a few times. |
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| Dec-04-08 | | ughaibu: Steinitz used the French: Game Collection: World champions play the French |
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| Dec-08-08 | | pmarrone: Regarding the French, 7. a4 is a stong prophylactic move in the Winawer. Does anyone know if this was Bobby's invention? |
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| Dec-08-08 | | refutor: <does anyone know if this was Bobby's invention> Smyslov played it almost 30 years earlier
Smyslov vs Botvinnik, 1943 |
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| Jan-27-09 | | Brown: .... and there are other moves considered better by some at move 7. <This result is quite a compelling argument that Fischer is easily the strongest blitz player of all time.> Ummm... no. It means he was at his peak while others were not during one blitz tournament in 1970. Nothing more. |
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| Jan-27-09 | | Riverbeast: I agree with OBIT.
This WAS the strongest blitz tournament of all time, and Fischer's margin of victory WAS as crushing as any seen in a field of this strength...I think it makes a very strong argument that Fischer was the best blitz player of all time (or at the very least, of his time). Anybody who wants to downgrade a player's accomplishment can claim that any tournament win was the result oh 'him being at his peak, and the other players were not'....What does that mean, anyway? |
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| Jan-27-09 | | maelith: I still think Capablanca is the best blitz player of all time, even at 40 plus of age, nobody dares to challenge capa in a money game, even with an odd. |
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| Jan-30-09 | | Brown: <Riverbeast>
<maelith>
Any "all-time" argument is BS, whether its classical, blitz or otherwise. Using only one blitz tournament as "strong evidence" is ridiculous. |
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| May-07-09 | | Kasparov Fan01: So this blitz tournament was stronger than the one Garry won at Wijk 1999? |
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| May-07-09 | | returnoftheking: certainly not. In Wijk Bosboom was present. |
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| May-07-09 | | AnalyzeThis: Lol.... |
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| Nov-05-09 | | RandomVisitor: 15.Ng5? (15.Ra2 or 15.h4 are better with equality).
23.Ra5?? allows a fork with the knight and is the losing move. Perhaps 23.R4a2 or 23.c3. Black should have tried 18...Qxe2 19.Qxe7 Qxc2 20.Rfc1 Qe4 with a strong position. |
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| Mar-01-10 | | RandomVisitor: After 14...bxa4:
click for larger view Rybka 3: <23-ply>
[+0.16] 15.Ra2 Bd7
[+0.15] 15.h4 f4 |
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| Mar-02-10 | | RandomVisitor: After 22...Ne7 Fischer had difficult choices and his opponent had an advantage.
click for larger view Rybka 3: <21-ply>
[-0.45] 23.c3 Nc6 24.Bd1 Rb8 25.R4a2 Rf7
[-0.45] 23.R4a2 Nc6 24.c3 Rb8 25.Nd2 f4 26.Bd1
[-0.50] 23.Nd2 Nc6 24.c3 |
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