Why did Bobby Fischer Quit Chess
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Yah Kevin that interview was WAY after the events in question. If he had said that in 1973 it would have been different.
Well I wish my eyes were good enough to read that!
I never had a strong opinion on the Fischer match rules. If a match goes 9-9 you basically have co-champions at that point.
Botvinnik sure had favorable match conditions…. you have to beat him 2-0 in matches….if he wins one of the two matches then he retains the title!
Fischer had plainly given up chess before 1975 and Karpov. No games for 3 years while he was the champion.
Larry Evans’ opinion later was that he Fischer would never play again because he didn’t want to risk his place in history.
I never had a strong opinion on the Fischer match rules. If a match goes 9-9 you basically have co-champions at that point.
Botvinnik sure had favorable match conditions…. you have to beat him 2-0 in matches….if he wins one of the two matches then he retains the title!
Fischer had plainly given up chess before 1975 and Karpov. No games for 3 years while he was the champion.
Larry Evans’ opinion later was that he Fischer would never play again because he didn’t want to risk his place in history.
Oct 8, 2021
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I wish I was smart enough to understand what it means. Can someone simplify?
Oct 8, 2021
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Ubik42 wrote:
I never had a strong opinion on the Fischer match rules. If a match goes 9-9 you basically have co-champions at that point.
I never had a strong opinion on the Fischer match rules. If a match goes 9-9 you basically have co-champions at that point.
Fischer wanted 9-9 to be a draw, split the winnings and the current champion retain the title.
This was to be an unlimited match with the first to win 10 games the winner. With a set-up like that, it's impossible to have a draw unless there is a special provision for a draw. (if the score reaches 9-9, the next person to win a game, wins the match, so there can't be a draw unless it's specified that 9-9 is a draw. If this is becomes the case, it leads to the logical conclusion that the winner must win by two games. The current champion had the advantage of retaining his title if a draw occurred. The argument is that the champion only need a tie to keep the title but the challenger needs to win with a 2 game margin. Many people seem to think the Lasker-Schlechter match in 1910 had the 2 game requirement but it's unclear.
9-9 makes a tired looking face.
I get the mechanics, I just mean if it got to 9-9 you have the two best players of the world basically equal to each other. A coin toss is about as valid as who wins game 10. Someone has to be declared the world champ at some point I suppose since nobody would like “co-champions”.
I think Kasparov once tried to get a Fischer match and referred to Fischer as his “co-champion”, I assume in an effort to feed his ego enough to get him to actually show up, since Kasparov knew Fischer would have very little chance against him at that point.
NikkiLikeChikki wrote:
They should play the tiebreaks before the classical. That way the person behind would be incentivized to play high risk chess because a drawn classical would lose. The games would be more fun.
complete BS.
do you also propose that soccer teams should have penalty kicks Before the actual game is played?
the only thing that would do is have one side playing unnaturally aggressive (since they know they'll lose if it ends in a draw), which can easily backfire.
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Because chess is no longer about big money
It used to be about money?
I mean, previous generations realized that simple fact when getting rid of things like smallpox, polio, measles.
But it’s like suddenly a bunch of people are stupid.
But it’s like suddenly a bunch of people are stupid.
Your just realizing that people are stupid now?
The covid vaccine does not stop you from spreading covid or getting covid. Worry about yourself.
Vaccinated people still die from covid just not as much. So if vaccination doesn't stop the spread then why bother others about it? Get your vaccine and live your life.
If it actually stopped the spread then it would be understandable to bother others who refuse but it doesn't stop the spread.
This is supposed to be about Fischer running away. Not covid.