kamalakanta: <ewan14: Kamalakanta - and Averbakh ?Interview on the internet>
I am not sure I understand your question.
There is an article about a visit to the Marshall Chess Club in NYC on June 5, 2008:
http://main.uschess.org/content/vie...
And in this page,
http://tinyurl.com/de8pqr
you find an excerpt from an interview. GM Larry Evans interviewed GM Averbakh in 1990. Here is the excerpt:
EVANS: What was your reaction when Karpov didn’t play Fischer in 1975?
AVERBAKH: You know, I was a very good friend of Fischer’s manager Ed
Edmondson. May I say we were on extremely friendly terms? He told me
honestly before the FIDE congress in 1975 that we would no longer be
on such good terms when the congress was over. He lashed the Soviet
Chess Federation for opposing Fischer’s match conditions. In my
opinion, he knew in his heart that Fischer couldn’t play this match
but wanted us to take the blame.
EVANS: Campomanes told me that he knew Fischer’s conditions were
doomed when FIDE split it into two votes. Did it make sense for FIDE
to vote for a 10-win match and then limit it to 36 games?
AVERBAKH: It was illogical. But ten wins was ridiculous.
EVANS: Many people think that Fischer would have beaten Karpov very
badly.
AVERBAKH: I agree. But I believe that Fischer just couldn’t play. I
just don’t know why.
EVANS: In other words, it wasn’t a case of Fischer being afraid of
Karpov so much as Fischer being afraid of himself?
AVERBAKH: Only.
EVANS: If Fischer had asked for a return match clause instead of ten
wins,
do you think FIDE would have given it to him?
AVERBAKH: Of course. Of course.
EVANS: How did you feel years later when FIDE restored the rematch
clause for Karpov after having taken it away from Botvinnik in 1963?
AVERBAKH: It was top secret, but Ed Edmondson was the one who
organized this return match clause for Karpov! I was present during
the negotiations for the Karpov-Korchnoi match. Our federation wanted
to have 24 games or a maximum of 30, and Edmondson pressed for six
wins. At the FIDE congress in Caracas in 1977 Karpov demanded a
rematch clause for accepting six wins. Edmondson helped him get it.
EVANS: But this clause was a bigger mathematical advantage than the
one FIDE had denied Fischer. What was Ed’s motive?
AVERBAKH: Probably to make up for some of the nasty things he wrote
about Karpov, such as "this mouse who roars like a lion." Fischer was
out of the picture already and had dismissed Edmondson, so perhaps Ed
wanted to improve his relations with Karpov. Really he organized
everything.
EVANS: Do you think Karpov was happy to get the title without playing
Fischer?
AVERBAKH: Of course. Karpov was afraid of Fischer in 1975. Who
wouldn’t like to get the title by default?
EVANS: Do you think that’s the main reason why Karpov was so active
after that: to prove he was really worthy of the title?
AVERBAKH: For Karpov, you know, money is very important. This is his
main stimulus. He may lose to Kasparov, but he is always well
compensated for it.
EVANS: Why do you think the first K-K match was stopped in 1985?
AVERBAKH: For me it’s completely clear. Because Karpov couldn’t
continue at all.
EVANS: Was he suffering from nervous exhaustion?
AVERBAKH: The chief of his delegation Baturinsky told me that he tried
his best to convince Karpov to play on, but that Karpov simply
couldn’t play despite his two-game lead. He needed a postponement.