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| Mar-22-09 |
| AnalyzeThis: Reshevsky was described a bulldog. In White Fang, the wolf is a champion fighter against other animals, but loses to the bulldog even though for most of the fight, White Fang was inflicting bad cuts on the bulldog. What happened is that at some point, the bulldog got close enough snap his jaws closed around White Fang's throat, and then tenaciously hung on despite all of the wolf's attempts to get free. They had to have two men use a crow bar to relax the grip. That's what Reshevsky was - a bulldog. |
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Apr-22-09
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| whatthefat: But little Bobby White Fang lived to fight another day... :P |
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Apr-22-09
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| HeMateMe: He was leading Fischer in their match, till Fischer walked out. RJF was off form, might have lost the match. bob can't lose. So he gathered up his toys, said "I'm not playing anymore" and went home. |
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Apr-22-09
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| chancho: <HeMateMe> I believe the match was tied when Fischer quit. |
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| Apr-22-09 |
| AnalyzeThis: It certainly was tied in terms of games actually played. But you can get into all kinds of semantic battles that nobody cares about, because Fischer forfeited first one game, then another, before the match was declared over. |
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Apr-22-09
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| chancho: I remember that Fischer was royally pissed off because the scheduled time for a game in the match was suddenly changed to accomodate Mrs Pitiagorsky's attendance of it without Bobby's consent. |
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| Apr-23-09 |
| Jim Bartle: Something about her husband liking to play the cello, and she wanted to go to a little recital he'd arranged. |
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| Apr-23-09 |
| AnalyzeThis: Yes that was the issue. I understand Fischer's point of view. On the other hand, I understand Reshevsky's, too. The old warrior showed up to play, without excuses, ready to do battle, even though it was inconvenient for him too. |
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| Apr-23-09 |
| SimonWebbsTiger: I just looked up the Piatigorsky incident in "The Games of Robert J. Fischer". Arthur Bisguier didn't shed too much light on it other than say the schedule was moved to 11 am and that was enough to make Fischer walk out and that reader's letters to "Chess Life" were quite pro-Fischer re. his decision! No doubt there's more in Frank Braidy's book on Fischer? |
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May-31-09
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| technical draw: <Bronstein, in his last book, Secret Notes, published in 2007 just after his death the previous year, confirmed long-standing rumours by writing that the nine Soviet grandmasters (out of a field of 15) at Zurich were under orders from both their chess leadership and the KGB to not let Reshevsky win the tournament under any circumstances, with Smyslov being the preferred victor. When Reshevsky maintained his strong contention late into the two-month event, Bronstein claims that the Soviets prearranged several results in games amongst themselves to successfully prevent Reshevsky's overall victory, while also ensuring that Reshevsky faced the maximum test in his own games against the Soviet players.[8] Several other writers, including Alexei Suetin (who was the second of Tigran Petrosian at Zurich 1953), also confirmed the Soviet collusion in Zurich.> Candidates tournament, Zurich, 1953.
I guess Fischer wasn't paranoid after all. |
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| May-31-09 |
| ughaibu: Bronstein's claims are obviously sour grapes. The various points where they dont make sense have been thoroughly exposed. |
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| May-31-09 |
| AnalyzeThis: Actually, Reshevsky himself implied that the Russians colluded in his last interview. |
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| Jun-01-09 |
| ughaibu: "I cannot say, or course, exactly how much, but what he says is not 100%
true, about anything, really. This is my experience based on
many contacts with him. Let us say, he cannot be 100%
objective; this is the point." Averbach talking about Bronstein, with particular reference to Zurich.
http://www.chesscafe.com/text/skitt... |
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| Jun-01-09 |
| AnalyzeThis: Found out a tidbit tonight: Averbakh's daughter married Taimanov. |
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Jun-01-09
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| technical draw: Taimanov. A grandmaster, world championship contender, accomplished pianist, survivor of the Soviet system and father in his old age. What a life! |
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| Aug-12-09 |
| markofthemushroom: I don't see how Reshevsky should complain about collusion after what he did to Denker. I think that Fischer did his homework as to finding out what kind of behavior to expect from his opponent. http://nezhmet.wordpress.com/2008/0... |
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Aug-19-09
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| gezafan: Some of the posts here indicate that Reshevsky had a very bad memory. Others insicate that he had an excellent memory. What's the verdict? |
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| Aug-19-09 |
| AnalyzeThis: Fischer thought Reshevsky was remarkable. He said that Reshevsky in his prime had the opening knowledge of a class B player, but could calculate the daylights out of a position and figure out on his own, over the board, what to do. |
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| Nov-05-09 |
| Everett: <Ughaibu>
Perhaps everything Averbakh says is not 100% true either. Seems there was collusion happening all the time.Averbakh relies on "proof." He is a "historian" after all. Yet, he fails to see how this greatly limits his own viewpoint. |
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| Nov-06-09 |
| maxi: Does anybody know is Reshevsky was especially good at blitz? |
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| Nov-06-09 |
| Everett: Well, he seemed to land in time trouble all the time. He was known to play well-enough in those moments... |
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| Nov-06-09 |
| AnalyzeThis: Reshevsky was good, I'm sure, but Reuben Fine used to finish ahead of him at the US speed championships. Of course, Capablanca was better than both of them at blitz. |
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| Nov-06-09 |
| Mr. President: Bullsh*t Level <Defcon 5>! |
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Nov-06-09
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| HeMateMe: < AnalyzeThis > Are there any Capa blitz games in print? |
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| Nov-06-09 |
| AnalyzeThis: The only one I've seen is the final position of a game where he beat Lasker. His strength at blitz is well documented, though. |
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