Fischer seemed a little awkward in (pardon the irony) 'closed tactical' games ... games where queens aren't bashing around the board but, rather, where sneaking knights into positions entirely for the purpose of sacrificing them reigns supreme... of course that's a very tiny weakness and an easy weakness to cover up :P ... Tal was just really good at making positions like that!
Although it's true, Tal's a genius, but Fischer's at least as good, likely better.
even if he could have had a wakeness,it 'd have been the 1% of his oponents weaknesses!
I can somewhat agree that Fischer had a weakness in complicated, double-edged positions. To what degree I can agree with that, I'm not sure. After all Fischer himself loved the Najdorf Poisoned Pawn, Bc4 lines against the Sicilian (Fischer/Sozin Attack), etc. Those systems are by no means simple. The key was Fischer's overwhelming book knowledge and opening study. No matter what type of position he was in it was typically one he was familiar with and that put him in the driver's seat. As far as other GMs' assessements of Fischer, please remember, there is probably a lot of distaste and jealousy behind them too. When it comes down to it Fischer's record speaks for itself. It's just ashame that he went out like he did without proving if he could reign as World Champ.
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