Kasparov on Fischer
Bobby Fischer was recently detained in Japan. Here is a thoughtful article on Bobby Fishcer and his chess by Gary Kasparov. Kasparov is working on a six volume series (These books are very well done and I recommend them highly) on the games of great players, and is currently working on Fischer.
Despite his short stay at the top there is little to debate about the chess of Bobby Fischer. He changed the game in a way that hadn't been seen since the late 19th century. The gap between Mr. Fischer and his contemporaries was the largest ever. He singlehandedly revitalized a game that had been stagnating under the control of the Communists of the Soviet sports hierarchy.[snip]
Despite the ugliness of his decline, Bobby Fischer deserves to be remembered for the great things he did for chess and for his immortal games. I would prefer to focus on not letting his personal tragedy become a tragedy for chess.
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Great article. Another reason to like Kasparov. I think it's wonderful what Kasparov is doing--what other competitve, active champion would spend so much time praising those past champions whom he is still in the process of eclipsing? It's like Michael Jordan starting a book about Oscar Robertson during the 1997 offseason.
Posted by: dende blogger | July 21, 2004 2:53 PM