Heydey of the Open Spanish was ~1946.
How so ? Most popular then or played at the highest levels then , both ?
Based on % of games in the database. There are are a couple of peakish periods, but that appeared to be the biggest. Of course your definition of heydey may by different.
Also, "heydey" is an odd word.
HEYDAY:
'Late 16th century (denoting good spirits or passion): from archaic heyday!, an exclamation of joy, surprise, etc..'
Andersson had it right, King's Gambit is excellent opening!
A photo of Reagan and a correct statement. That's rare!
Congratulations, you made a cheap shot at a dead guy that you don't even know. 'Bravo'...
some one once said p-k4 If it is good enough for BOBBY FICSHER then it is goo.sorryd enough for me I am in that camp p -k4
Well, what are you gonna do? I talk politics so much that, at least on this site, I would like to simply talk chess.
Andersson had it right, King's Gambit is excellent opening!
A photo of Reagan and a correct statement. That's rare!
Congratulations, you made a cheap shot at a dead guy that you don't even know. 'Bravo'...
Liberals hate Republican presidents, so they don't think twice about being disrespectful and childish in reference to them. Truth be told, Reagan was one of the best presidents this country has ever had, and that REALLY annoys them.
I campaigned for Ronald Reagan in 1980.
I also don't let ideology get in the way of assessment.
I suspect this thread is doomed to be closed soon anyway.
Today's Republicans would never choose a Reagan type to be their presidential candidate. And, I agree with richie_and_oprah. Paul Simon once described Reagan's policies like this: He promised to shrink gov't spending, and to increase subsidies to traditional Republican interests and didn't see any problem with a huge budget deficit.
Fiscal conservatives of both parties hated Reagan's policies.
To be fair, Reagan's first term was a tremendous success in that he implemented most of what he campaigned on. His second term was a hideous failure. He got very little passed, had the Iran-Contra scandal, and when asked about it he honestly could say he couldn't remember (because he already had Alzheimers).
He gave a speech at MGU (Moscow State University). The planned part of the speech made me proud to be American. Then he opened up the floor for questions. A student asked about the US treatment of native Americans, and he actually started talking about a movie he had been in!
His second term was a hideous failure. He got very little passed, had the Iran-Contra scandal, and when asked about it he honestly could say he couldn't remember (because he already had Alzheimers).
That's speculative about the early onset of Alzheimers.
Lou Cannon offers a credible alternate explanation in biography of President Reagan. Reagan looked at things in simple black and white terms--that's about all that he really has in common with the leading Republicans today. In his mind, the facts that he was presented about the weapons exchanges were consistent with political goals. He had no need to inquire more deeply, and thus no salient points were memorable.
Reagan's memories of his college days, repeatedly expressed while Governor of California and President, have been demonstrated by several biographers to have been grossly inaccurate.
Wikipedia had these facts correct for a couple of days, and then Reagan's partisans removed the entire section.
He gave a speech at MGU (Moscow State University). The planned part of the speech made me proud to be American. Then he opened up the floor for questions. A student asked about the US treatment of native Americans, and he actually started talking about a movie he had been in!>>
Well, Reagan played good guys in films. He was honest and noble. I think he equated his character parts in films with himself in real life so answering in such a way can be taken to be an analogy which may have seemed out of place but which had a sort of unconscious honesty about it. Like many US presidents, Reagan may not have been the brightest candidate but he was decent and at least he tried to be honest. I'm not sure we can say the same about the present incumbent and I almost dread the future, both in terms of the UK elections and the US ones. I think I'll close my eyes.
The heyday of an opening is when its best ideas are baled and stored in the barn.