From: hwr@intercal.com (Hanon W. Russell)
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Subject: Inside Chess, December 21, 19912
Date: Tue, 22 Dec 1992 22:20:01 GMT
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                           INSIDE CHESS
                        December 21, 1992
                      Volume 5, Issue 25-26

The final issue of "Inside Chess" for 1992 is the traditional 
double issue with the index for the last six months. IM John 
Donaldson takes a good look at the Immopar quick-play which was 
won by world champion Gary Kasparov. This is followed by an 
interesting piece by a one NM Rich Jackson. He played on the 
combined British/U.S. Virgin Island team in the last olympiad at 
Manila and annotates a few of his games against lesser known 
lights; entertainingly different if not riveting.

GMs Adams, Ivanov, Ilic and Dmitry Gurevich annotate games from 
recent events while separate articles by Minev and Fishbein both 
focus on a similar theme: learning from your mistakes. Be that 
as it may, the most intriguing part of this particular issue, 
from our point of view, is the Letters/Editorial page. After 
announcing that IC will no longer be involved with the rating of 
Rapid Chess, there is a letter from Floyd Boudreaux of Glen 
Burnie, MD. With the heading "Champion of Nothing?" (inserted by 
the magazine, not Mr. Boudreaux), it reads in full:

    Dear Mr. Seirawan:

    Concerning the first half of your Editorial in "Inside Chess 
    Vol. V, Issue 23, c'mon Yasser, who are you kidding? To 
    compare the chess world with the boxing world is a weak and 
    absurd argument. FIDE is the *only* official organ of 
    worldwide chess, as we all well know. Fischer *was* the FIDE 
    World Champion from 1972-75. Kasparov *is* the FIDE World 
    Champion from 1985 until he is defeated.

    All of us out here living in the real world, not having a 
    sycophantic and financial interest in the "Second Coming" of 
    Fischer, know the facts: Fischer relinquished the title of 
    World Champion to Karpov by refusing to defend it, 
    regardless of conditions. Fischer's return match with 
    Spassky was simply an extremely lucrative exhibition match, 
    despite Fischer's paranoid claims to the contrary. In other 
    words, Fischer is World Champion of Nothing until he defeats 
    Kasparov, or whoever is World Champion at the time.

In response, Yasser sticks to his editorial guns. We don't 
necessarily agree with him, but hats off, at least for 
consistency. An interesting finale to an interesting year.

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