(I dont understand chess of 40 years ago: I was only 2 then, it was over my head.) And is something really the greatest match when it was one-sided? I am not criticising Fischer in any way, he was one of the most entertaining players ever. I just dont rate Spassky. A better subject might be to take Fischer's 60 Memorable games book and look at them in turn. Or maybe Tal or Bronstein. Or Capablanca.
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Give me Kasparov/Karpov over that. That match was only the "greatest" of anything if you happen to be American.
anpu3 wrote:
I'm surprised that chess.com has not already started a blog reviewing those games. True, they are 'out there' for anyone to see but I would greatly appreciate a current review by some of the GMs on this website.
The only game I would understand was Spassky's first win.
paulgottlieb wrote:
Yes, Fischer's 29th move was very similar to the way I play
no, I meant game 1- total moves=0
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Today marks the anniversary of the start of the greatest chess match of the last century. Maybe, of all time. Of course, I'm referring to the Fischer/Spassky match of 1972.
I'm surprised that chess.com has not already started a blog reviewing those games. True, they are 'out there' for anyone to see but I would greatly appreciate a current review by some of the GMs on this website.
Perhaps one game review per week would allow new insight to those games played 40 years ago.