You are the biggest bore I've come across on this site.. and what's more, you can't play chess.

And do not understand Fischer's chess ..

But you're an 'ever present' ..

Thought you'd succumbed to the head in the sand stuff ! lol

Here: cool it everybody:

Fischer had everything in chess.. Everything. The ultimate 'universal' player..

And that's before the DOMINATION of SILICON and the NET..

Fischer conquered the chess world and beyond. Fischer went 'BEYOND' the chess world more than any 'chess' player in chess history.. Fact.

Fischer was/is the JamesDean/Ali chess equivalent.

Fischer essentialy has changed chess and influenced chess more than any other player in it's history.

At least Harry know's his chess and chess history, although he doesn't always put his point across too well.. He openly admits he *loves* the guy, but so what?? If I can get over it, I'm sure the rest of you can??

<Petrosianac> Iv'e only spoke to you once before about a comment i made on the Rogoff page.. I think it was either on 9/11, Iran, or a hypothetical Nuclear war!!... I can't remember, but i do remember this. You waffled on and on and on over 1 paragraph, and Insinuated i was somehow racist! I'm not! (Unless you're a German football fan lol) so Harry was right about you waffling, but hey, we all do it, so what? And i know you're not a patzer, but Harry's got well over a 100 rating points on you, so good luck should you ever play lol..

<King Death> Iv'e always found you pleasant enough, so i think it must be this page that makes you a little arrogant..

And finally <TheFocus/kolyas/eric/ernie>!! If you want me to prove you're <TheFocus> then come to my forum, lets not talk here, but it will get embarassing for you if you persist in denying it!! And anyway, i was only messing with you about your book, and I'm not too bothered what handle you use either!! So telling me to <piss off> after one post was a little weird in Itself. I sincerely hope you're in good health, i always liked <TheFocus>, although I'm not sure which one now haha... You're only kidding yourself mate, but as *My* personal hero once sang........ Whatever gets you thru the night??

We go by Elo..

Inflation exists in Elo ..

There's absolutely nothin in Fischer's chess which you could teach/preach to me about..

As an example, if it was true that Fisher would be 2950 today, it would mean that he should be able to simply wipe the floor with Anand, Carlsen, Aronian etc, which is clearly not the case.

Also, Karpov in 1975 was already 2705, which (if the same silly inflation formula is applied to him as to Fischer) should himself today be 2880+, which, as in Fisher's case, would lead to the absurd conclusion that his absolute strength is around 50-80 higher than the best current players.

So the silly and extremely superficial idea of just adding 4-6 points a year to account for inflation clearly leads to absurd conclusions.

Perhaps this superficial method could be used if we compromise and add about 2 points a year of inflation. This is as primitive as adding 4-5 points but at least it's not as extreme and it leads to much saner conclusions - BF's BEST rating would today be about 2869 (41 years) while GK'S best about 2877 (13 years).

Fischer actually played Elo lol lol

Elo's formula never allowed for inflation.. or 'greatness' ..

I respect your input on these pages..

Fischer did indeed play Elo at chess ..

Fischer is beyond 'Elo's' rating and clarification. You cannot equate Fischer's impact and 'greatness' beyond chess in Elo's formula..