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| Oct-08-05 | | tiburon92: <Mr.Goldsby> I looked at amazon.com and saw your review of "My Great Predecessors, Part 2" do you have any links that you can share that talk about how Kasparov's and Botvinnik's personal relationship ended? |
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| Oct-08-05 | | LIFE Master AJ: <Tiburon92> They ended their relationship on a very bitter note, after being very close when Garry was young. In one of his books, (The Test of Time?); Garry talks fondly about Botvinnik, speaking of him in almost reverent tones. At the end, they were openly hurling jabs at each other. ("Old School" Botvinnik did not approve of Garry's criticism of the communist regime or his break with that way of life. I think Botvinnik -also- did not approve of Garry's actions at times, and was one of the few people who had the courage to speak up and actually say something.) Their relationship was chronicled in several books and magazine articles ... ('Inside Chess' used to be an excellent source of information, but they went out of business a few years back.) I (currently) know of no links about this topic. (I apologize that I don't have more information for you, its been a while since I read Vol. II and the info is not fresh in my mind.) |
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| Oct-08-05 | | tiburon92: <("Old School" Botvinnik did not approve of Garry's criticism of the communist regime or his break with that way of life. I think Botvinnik -also- did not approve of Garry's actions at times, and was one of the few people who had the courage to speak up and actually say something.)> When did Kasparov start speaking out against the communist regime? If he started speaking out in 1980 or before, then he is a pioneer. If he started speaking out in between 1980 and 1989, then the guy got on the bandwagon. If he started speaking out after 1989 then he is nothing but a vulture. |
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| Oct-08-05 | | TheSlid: <tiburon92> Young as he was, I seem to remember that Kasparov was not far behind Korchnoi in his anti-Soviet views. These were most likely first aired publicly during your "bandwagon" decade. |
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Oct-08-05
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| Oct-08-05 | | LIFE Master AJ: <tiburon92 "When did Kasparov start speaking out against the communist regime? If he started speaking out in 1980 or before, then he is a pioneer. If he started speaking out in between 1980 and 1989, then the guy got on the bandwagon. If he started speaking out after 1989 then he is nothing but a vulture."> hee-hee To be completely honest, I am not sure exactly when he started speaking out. I am quite sure that Garry views himself as a pioneer - read his articles in the NY Times and his column in the Wall Street Journal ... on a regular basis, as I have - in just about ALL areas. (Not just chess.) BTW, this is just an observation, and NOT a character judgement that I am making here. |
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| Oct-08-05 | | tiburon92: <TheSlid: <tiburon92> Young as he was, I seem to remember that Kasparov was not far behind Korchnoi in his anti-Soviet views. These were most likely first aired publicly during your "bandwagon" decade.> <acirce: Definitely nothing anti-Soviet in his "Child of Change" from 1987, on the contrary.> Botvinnik died in 1995, Kasparov handed in his membership of the Communist Party in January 1990. |
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| Oct-08-05 | | tiburon92: <TheSlid: <tiburon92> Young as he was, I seem to remember that Kasparov was not far behind Korchnoi in his anti-Soviet views. These were most likely first aired publicly during your "bandwagon" decade.> I have *sliiiiiiiiiiiightly* more respect for Kortchnoi but only this much ---><--- |
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| Oct-08-05 | | TheSlid: An interesting point, <tiburon92> of which I was clearly not aware. |
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| Oct-08-05 | | tiburon92: <To be completely honest, I am not sure exactly when he started speaking out. I am quite sure that Garry views himself as a pioneer - read his articles in the NY Times and his column in the Wall Street Journal ... on a regular basis, as I have - in just about ALL areas. (Not just chess.) BTW, this is just an observation, and NOT a character judgement that I am making here. > That shows where his opinion is at then. If he wasn't spouting the same neoliberal garbage that Friedman is known for then he wouldn't be writing for the NY times or the WSJ. |
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| Oct-08-05 | | James Demery: Any idea what caused Kasparov to change his mind about communism? Was it perhaps traveling in the West and seeing the wealth there? Also tiburon92 isn`t the WSJ more conservative than the Times? At least I thought the editorial page was. |
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| Oct-08-05 | | tiburon92: <Also tiburon92 isn`t the WSJ more conservative than the Times?> They make absolutely no effort to ask the hard questions. It's a fake "champagne liberal" rag. Both are right wing and neither of them is conservative. |
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| Oct-08-05 | | LIFE Master AJ: <tiburon92> Must demur there. I find the New York Times to be a little left of the communist party ... and the WSJ to be about middle of the road. |
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| Oct-09-05 | | James Demery: I don`t read either one as much as I read Chessgames.com ;) |
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| Oct-09-05 | | tiburon92: <LIFE Master AJ: <tiburon92> Must demur there. I find the New York Times to be a little left of the communist party ... and the WSJ to be about middle of the road.>
In communism, the state becomes a majority partner with business becoming the minority partner. In fascism(aka corporatism), it's the other way around. Both have something in common though, both abuse their citizens relentlessly. Neither of them impresses me. BTW..."democracy" doesn't exist and never has existed. |
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| Oct-09-05 | | tiburon92: <LIFE Master AJ: <tiburon92> Must demur there. I find the New York Times to be a little left of the communist party ... and the WSJ to be about middle of the road.> what news titles on their web sites do you consider left or middle? BTW...just by looking at their web pages, I already found things that are inaccurate. |
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| Oct-09-05 | | tiburon92: <James Demery: I don`t read either one as much as I read Chessgames.com ;)> I try to forget that they exist:P
a chessgames.com membership is more worthwhile than membership in both rags put together. |
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| Oct-09-05 | | tiburon92: < tiburon92: <LIFE Master AJ: <tiburon92> Must demur there. I find the New York Times to be a little left of the communist party ... and the WSJ to be about middle of the road.> what news titles on their web sites do you consider left or middle? BTW...just by looking at their web pages, I already found things that are inaccurate.> change that to inaccurate or outdated. |
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| Oct-09-05 | | wmking40: AJ, can you play blind? |
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| Oct-09-05 | | LIFE Master AJ: If you mean blindfold chess, yes.
(At a display in Tampa (FL) about 12 years ago, I played like 63 regular simultaneous games ... as well as three blindfold games. (The players were in another room, all I did was sit in a chair ... and call out my moves.) |
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| Oct-10-05 | | aw1988: I'll say it again: notice this page. Notice AJ's lack of insulting others. Notice your flame war continuing. |
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| Oct-10-05 | | juha: When will this insanity end? |
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| Oct-10-05 | | LIFE Master AJ: - as for the gentleman who suggested that I send my games in ... I have, and more than once. (This website never uses anything that I have sent them, I basically stopped trying.) For example, I once sent them about 40 games, all played in USCF-rated events ... they never used them. I have sent this game in about a dozen times. (http://www.angelfire.com/games3/AJs... IF you are interested, you can go to this page, and verify the game was played in a USCF-rated event, http://www.uschess.org/msa/MbrDtlMa....) For whatever reason, it never got used. I could give you 100 more examples ... my wins, my losses, my draws. They are not going to use them. Unless the Chessbase db uses them, they won't post them. (I guess.) Otherwise, I am clueless as to what their standards are here. |
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| Oct-10-05 | | LIFE Master AJ: I also have lost many of my older games ... in events played 30+ years ago. I lost things in a warehouse, a fire at a relative's house, and once my car flooded after a hurricane. Most games that were played more than 15-20 years ago, I no longer have them. |
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