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| Mar-22-11 | | polarmis: The last report seems to have been this one, in Russian: http://chess-news.ru/node/1832 Spassky's left hospital, is apparently planning to leave France for Russia this month, and is hoping to play in a veteran's tournament this autumn for the centenary of Mikhail Botvinnik's birth - against players like Victor Korchnoi and Mark Taimanov, and with Yury Averbakh as an arbiter! That should be quite an event if it happens. |
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Mar-22-11
 | | alexmagnus: <against players like Victor Korchnoi and Mark Taimanov> Taimanov? When did he play his last tournament game? Spassky was quite active prior to the stroke, Korchnoi is active all the time... but Taimanov? Hm..... |
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Mar-22-11
| | alexmagnus: Ah, I see that will be a rapid tournament... but still. |
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| Mar-22-11 | | polarmis: Yep, it's probably not going to be the most serious of events! But it should be fun. 85-year-old Taimanov seems fit and mentally sharp, as does the 89-year-old arbiter! |
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| Mar-25-11 | | kingfu: Spasibo , folks!
Boris Spassky is a winner in the game of LIFE!
The snow in Russia should be just about getting ready to melt. That is why Boris lives in the south of France. Get that Caro Kann wimp Karpov in that tournament, too! Chess is ALWAYS serious. |
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Mar-25-11
 | | HeMateMe: I hear Fischer was consulted as lighting coordinator/site monitor. |
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| Mar-25-11 | | fab4: Boris is on the mend? If so that's cool news.
Spassky is underated as a player in chess history.. His character and performances post 72' have done for that.. So we can just ignore the kid in the 50's and then the man in the 60's with all those beautiful games and powerful will ? Yeah ok. |
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| Mar-26-11 | | kingfu: fab4,
Exactly correct.
We do not talk about character enough on Chessgames.
After a Fischer brilliancy in 1972, Boris got up and applauded along with the crowd. Fischer ran off the stage.
Boris Spassky is a great man. I am glad he is doing well. He will probably play The King's Gambit against someone in this tournament. He will win. He beat Fischer with it and also won a last round game to come out on top in a Soviet Championship. Spasibo, Grandmaster Boris Spassky. |
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Apr-20-11
| | HeMateMe: Well, i had a look at the new book "Endgame", which is pretty good. Some new Fischer stuff, not just a rehash. Some really scarey stuff about Fischer post '72. He actually met with the son of Ernst Kaltenbrunner, a WWII mass murderer, in the German occupied terrritories of WWII. Fischer is a fan of such men. Just disgusting. The book comes to mind, because a Spassky biography would be really good, very readable, if he were frank. He knows a LOT of stuff. From surviving the siege of Leningrad, to playing world champions, fighting the soviet leadership--what stories he could tell. A shame, he doesn't seem interested in voicing his opionions. I was thinking that, with this stroke, he might think about getting his thoughts about his life and career down on paper. But, you can't force someone to write their life story. A Botvinnik autobiography would also have been highly readable, if he were honest and forthcoming. But, I think Botvinnik is such a man of the past that he could not bring himself to criticize his homeland. |
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| Apr-20-11 | | kingfu: So ,you are educating me to the fact the Fischer, a known Hebrew, met this Kaltenbrunner Nazi? Do we know why? The Fischer Monster gets more crazy every day, even though he is gone. I think Spassky is just enjoying life in the South of France. Especially after surviving Leningrad and The Soviet Politboro. I would like to hear the stories as well. Someone should talk to him and get it on tape or write it down. I would not expect Botvinnik to ever say anything critical of the Soviets. However, it would be interesting to learn how Botvinnik built The Moscow Central Chess Club into a huge center for Chess which is still a going concern. Can you imagine going to work with Botvinnik, Tal, Petrosian, Spassky, Keres, Stein, Smyslov, Taimanov and many others, EVERY DAY??? It would be the coolest thing ever for a Chess Player. |
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| May-26-11 | | Albertan: <Ken MacGillivray: Happy birthday to a> <real champion, and an outstanding> <ambassador for our game!!> Apparently you have not seen the interview Spassky did in New In Chess Magazine (2004 issue #5) in which Spassky clearly indicates by his words that he is an anti-Semitic! |
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| May-26-11 | | M.D. Wilson: The most talented chess player since Capablanca! |
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| May-26-11 | | bronkenstein: And as lazy as Capa , atleast :).
BTW Albertan, can you give us some kind of link to that anti-Semitic interview, or few quotes at least? That is not the Spassky I know , for sure. |
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| May-26-11 | | goldenbear: <Albertan> What is wrong with being anti-Semitic, exactly? As far as I'm concerned, your comment makes you sound anti-anti-Semitic. Maybe you have a problem? |
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| May-26-11 | | madlydeeply: All i can find out is Spassky signed a petition (the petition of 5000) then apologized for it. No evidence of Spassky firing up any ovens, arranging any carbombs, or blacklisting any hollywood screenwriters. Its a nonsense "issue" let it die. |
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| May-27-11 | | M.D. Wilson: Probably lazier than Capablanca, bronkenstein.
People have been claiming that Spassky was/is a notorious anti-Semite for years. Where is the evidence for such a claim? If there is none, then leave the issue alone, as this man deserves better. |
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May-27-11
 | | perfidious: Never seen any evidence of Spassky being anti-Semitic, and can't imagine where all this came from, really. |
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May-27-11
| | alexmagnus: Actually Spassky never apologized for signing the letter of 5000. He just pretended to have not read it before signing. Which I simply cannot believe. I mean, heck, you sign a letter directed to the <general prosecutor of Russia> and not read it??? |
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| May-27-11 | | madlydeeply: Spassky was lazy? I think the '75 candidates final with Karpov broke him... he said somewhere that he played better chess than against Fischer '72. You could say the laziest player is Kasparov! Kramnik broke him....then he got soooo laaaazyy HA. Huh, for that matter, Fischer became pretty darn lazy after he won the WC. Fishcer was absolutely the laziest player. |
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| May-27-11 | | AVRO38: <Actually Spassky never apologized for signing the letter of 5000.> Why should he? If he had any intention of apologizing he wouldn't of signed it in the first place. Spassky, like everybody else, is entitled to his own opinions and views. Has anyone ever asked Botvinnik, Karpov, and Kasparov to apologize for being Communists? They too are entitled to their own opinions. |
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| May-27-11 | | kingfu: Being a great Chess player in a Totalitarian State must be problematical at best. |
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| May-27-11 | | BUNA: <alexmagnus><AVRO38><kingfu> "The appearance of my name was a mistake. As a 'Chess King' I have always tried to fortify and unite the multinational kingdom of chess, and not to cause division within it. I will remain faithful to that principle in my old age." http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/wor... And: Spasski signed not as a citizen of a totalitarian state. |
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| May-27-11 | | bronkenstein: <Has anyone ever asked Botvinnik, Karpov, and Kasparov to apologize for being Communists?> BTW , out of these 3 Botvinnik was the sworn communist untill his death , Karpov was more lukewarm than hot and Kasparov seemed to be the most opportunistic of these 3 , even trying to reverse it and profit on his projected freedom fighter image later on. |
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| May-27-11 | | Petrosianic: Back in the day, didn't Karpov list his hobbies as Marxism and stamp collecting? (To this day I wonder how you can make a hobby out of it. Do you open up a little Marxism stand on the corner, or what?) |
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| May-27-11 | | BobCrisp: He also reportedly expressed a liking for snooker and the music of <Richard Clayderman>, so don't let anyone try to portray the great man as boring or lacking a wide range of interests. |
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