Match of the Century
In 1972, Bobby Fischer met Boris Spassky to compete in the World Chess Championship. The match was dubbed "The Match of the Century". The Russian players had held the championship for more than 40 years and this was the first time a Soviet player would enter the match as an underdog. Why the underdog status? Because leading up to the match, Fischer had demolished such plasyers as Mark Taimanov and Bent Larsen 6-0 (with no draws), and had won four games in a row in his match against former world champion Tigran Petrosian.
The outcome of this match is well known and you can play through the games at the above link.
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posted by Chuck Ayoub at 6:38 PM
3 Comments:
Re the featured email from Derek.
Clearly Derek, being average, has no clue to the intricate personality of Mr. Robert James Fischer. And I hope this can be forwarded to him (Derek), although it would amount to casting pearls before a swine.
Mr. Fischer's greatest skill is his stupendous ability to amass, retain, and process data at a speed much higher than the average Joe. He could have applied his genius to anything - to music, to art, and yes even to the stock exchange! He is not a Jesus Christ, even JS realised the futility of being a saviour to mortals that preferred the path of ignorance and stupidity.
Throughout the ages and from time to time, society in general is fortunate to witness such mental superiority envied and admired by the general populace - a populace, I might hasten to add that is gripped by stupidity in a vengeful cyclic vice and persuing meaningless materialistic manifestations that neither invigorate nor elevate towards the mosaic beauty of creativity.
Then here comes a dynamic character who finds no use nor need to be cosseted by the vagaries of an adulating audience merely for wealth and entertainment. The guy could care less, he is a one-man show - he eats, drinks and sleeps chess - he has mastered the complex moves like a traveller charting the intricacies of the great cosmos. He could care less for fame and fortune bestowed by dorks like you.
You want him to "come clean"? Come clean of what? He has every right to voice his views, just because they go against your hypocritical perspective doesnt mean he should shut up. And the poor guy has already paid for all that, paid heavily I might add. What more do you want?
You want a people persona, then kiss the ass of the likes of fat-ass dunce Oprah. With an IQ of zilch she is more up your ally and will continue to keep you entrenched in the swirling filth of flatus and ignorance.
It was the phantastic event.
Fischer against Spassky and Soviet laboratories.
The fact is taht if Fischer had been normal, not mental as it seemed during the match, Spassky would have won. It was Fischer's stupid antics, resembling an ass, that won the match.
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