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Subject: F-S II game 7 Fischer wins
From: fry@tara.harvard.edu (David Fry)
Date: 12 Sep 92 16:03:58 EDT
Distribution: world
Organization: Harvard Math Department


Fischer won game 7 in 44 moves. Score to follow.

David Fry                                  fry@math.harvard.edu
Division of Applied Sciences               fry@huma1.bitnet
Harvard University                      ...!harvard!huma1!fry
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From: ekw@world.std.com (Elliott C Winslow)
Subject: Re: notation.
Summary: Why algebraic is better than descriptive
Organization: The World Public Access UNIX, Brookline, MA
Distribution:     world
Date: Sun, 13 Sep 1992 20:22:43 GMT

In article <92256.135708RVESTERM@vma.cc.nd.edu> RVESTERM@vma.cc.nd.edu writes:
>i'd like to know what the advantage of
>"d4 d5" is over "p-q4 p-q4".  the latter seems eminently more readable, and
>i don't see what one notation over another is for, if not readablility.

Algebraic is more universal (used by more people), takes up less space (so
less expensive to print), is more exact, is *FAR* easier to type, doesn't
have those hyphens to go nuts in your favorite word processor, makes for
simpler computer program routines to go from internal array representation
to output, creates a case for reprinting old classics,and avoids
anthropomorphism.

--Elliott
  Elliott Winslow IM
  ekw@world.std.com
  Assistant Editor
  Chess Life USCF
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Subject: Re: PanAm Collegiate this year: when?
From: pmbarlow@miavx1.acs.muohio.edu (Dan Fielding)
Date: 10 Sep 92 14:30:59 -0500
Organization: Miami University Academic Computer Service"

In article <Yefa1=S00VpC85lotd@andrew.cmu.edu>, Oliver Schulte <os22+@andrew.cmu.edu> writes:
> Hi everyone,
> can someone please tell me where the PanAmerican Collegiate Championship
> is being held this year?
> Thanks a lot,
> Oliver

27-30 December.  Dearborn, Michigan.

Details to follow.

Dan Fielding, chess Stud.

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From: gls@windmill.ATT.COM (Memory's Stepchild)
Subject: Re: Carlos Torre
Organization: Historical Perspective Co.
Date: Fri, 11 Sep 1992 01:47:59 GMT

In <wefjMvm00WB4ERXtAr@andrew.cmu.edu>, ss7m+@andrew.cmu.edu writes:
> I should point out that while Torre may be known for beating Lasker, he's
> probably far better known for losing one of the most famous games in history
> to Weaver ('White To Play And Win') Adams... (I used to have a chess book that
> printed this as a game between 'two relatively unknown amateurs'...)

It was right about White!  As I remember, it was E. Z. Adams, not W. W. Adams,
who won the game with all the queen offers.

Say, has anybody identified the Tennison Gambit yet?  The last time I saw
it, I think I was reading Cook's Compendium.

-:-
	    "Oh, sir!" said Winnifred, clasping her hands and falling
	on her knees in gratitude.  "I am only a poor inadequate girl,
	but if the prayers of one, who can offer naught but her prayers
	to her benefactor, can avail to the advantage of one who appears
	to have every conceivable advantage already, let him know that
	they are his."

		--S. Leacock, "Winsome Winnie; or, Trial and Temptation"
-- 
Col. G. L. Sicherman
gls@windmill.att.COM
From: fry@tara.harvard.edu (David Fry)
Newsgroups: rec.games.chess
Subject: F-S II, game 4 update (11:17am EDT)
Date: 6 Sep 92 15:31:36 GMT
Article-I.D.: husc3.1992Sep6.113136.15414
Distribution: world
Organization: Harvard Math Department



Game 4 got underway safely today, but not before photographers were
banned from the start of the game, and more sound-muffling curtains
were added in the spectator area after Fischer complained of noise.
Organizers said there is a contract provision limiting photographers'
time to a total of 30 minutes for the whole match.

Here are the opening moves, leading to a Queen's Gambit Accepted. Is
it just my impression, or are these two attempting to set a record for
most pieces exchanged over the last two games and this one.  I thought
the play in game 3 was pretty disappointing.

   Spassky Fischer
   (White) (Black)
   1. d4 d5
   2. c4 d5xc4
   3. Nf3 Nf6
   4. e3 e6
   5. Bxc4 c5
   6. 0-0 a6
   7. d4xc5 Qxd1
   8. Rxd1 Bxc5

David Fry                                  fry@math.harvard.edu
Division of Applied Sciences               fry@huma1.bitnet
Harvard University                      ...!harvard!huma1!fry
Cambridge, MA  02138            
Newsgroups: rec.games.chess
From: palane@iastate.edu (Paul A. Lane)
Subject: Re: Fischer-Spassky - Game 4 - the mistake
Keywords: New World Champion
Organization: Iowa State University, Ames IA
Date: Mon, 7 Sep 1992 21:15:47 GMT

A battle does not make a war, a game does not make a match, an olive does not
make a martini . . .
From: david@bourbon.ee.tulane.edu (David Kaufmann)
Newsgroups: rec.games.chess
Subject: Re: Who are the seconds in the Fischer/Spassky match?
Date: 8 Sep 92 22:16:41 GMT

Nntp-Posting-Host-[nntpd-28163]: bourbon
Organization: E.E. Dept., Tulane University, New Orleans, LA
Date: Tue, 8 Sep 1992 22:13:08 GMT

In article <Bu9p46.B7L@math.uwaterloo.ca> alopez-o@neumann.uwaterloo.ca (Alex Lopez-Ortiz) writes:
>
>The pronunciation is Torr-ay. The mexican player is Carlos Torre, of world
>fame because of a couple of brilliant victories over LASKER, one of them
>while Lasker was the world champion. (Carlos Torre was made (retroactively)
>a GM by FIDE in 1982). Then Torre started playing chess against God and
>was blacklisted by the world Jewry...
>
I believe Torre won only one game against Lasker, at Moscow 1925
(where Lasker came in 2nd after Bogolyubov and ahead of Capablanca).
There is a story about that game (in short, at the critical moment
Lasker was distracted by the absence of his wife). 

The last sentence, of course, is pure nonsense.


David Kaufmann
INTERNET:	david@bourbon.ee.tulane.edu
From: rlwilliams@gallua.gallaudet.edu
Newsgroups: rec.games.chess
Subject: Re: fischer-spassky
Date: 9 Sep 92 22:33:50 GMT
Article-I.D.: gallua.1992Sep9.173350.1
Organization: Gallaudet University

In article <BuBwxJ.1wv@cs.dal.ca>, hyde@cs.dal.ca (Bill Hyde) writes:
> In article <1992Sep9.181559.28959@mnemosyne.cs.du.edu>, bwatkins@nyx.cs.du.edu (The God of all machines) writes:
> |> 
> |> Indeed, the USA has wonderfull policies of allowing several open
> |> tournaments' winners to play in its zonal.  I do not believe FIDE
> |> requires this.  An all draw record will not win anything for you, how
> |> ever.  It is certainly possible to fill up top spots so that a superior
> |> player will never have a chance to play in the championships through
> |> corrupt bargains with other players to throw games or play to draws.
> |> 
> |> Witness the USSR's players keeping fischer out of the championship
> |> in the 60's.  "The Russians Fix World Chess"
> 
> 	You forgot to include the :-)  Or are you really paranoid
> 	enough to believe this?
> 
> 					
> 						Bill Hyde
> Department of Oceanography
> Dalhousie University,
> Halifax, Nova Scotia
> hyde@Ice.ATM.Dal.Ca or hyde@dalac
=====
I'm pretty sure Korchnoi and some other Soviet Grandmasters who have 
defected... have admitted as much.

skip
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From: mortenaa@Lise.Unit.NO (Morten Aagaard)
Subject: Re: chess by email
Organization: Norwegian Institute of Technology
Date: Sat, 5 Sep 92 17:47:43 GMT

What about Cats by email...
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From: hau4@ellis.uchicago.edu (sven  hauptfeld)
Subject: Re: Spassky wins game 4
Reply-To: hau4@midway.uchicago.edu
Organization: University of Chicago Computing Organizations
Date: Mon, 7 Sep 1992 03:01:50 GMT

In article <23636@alice.att.com> ark@alice.att.com (Andrew Koenig) writes:
>I can't remember the last time I've seen a Queen's Gambit Accepted...
>
>The moves:
>
>	Spassky	Fischer
>
>1.	d4	d5
>2.	c4	d5xc4
[...]

...which means that you paid no attention to Short-Karpov, a match of two far
better (in 1992) players than Spassky and Fischer.

Sven
From: ov@saturn.cs.swin.oz.au (Owen Veenstra)
Newsgroups: rec.games.chess
Subject: Re: Boycott
Date: 8 Sep 92 08:21:41 GMT
Organization: Swinburne Institute of Technology, Hawthorn, Victoria

In article <binkley.715451707@beagle>, binkley@boulder.Colorado.EDU (Jon Binkley) writes:
|> jgolds@function.mps.ohio-state.edu (Jeffrey A Golds) writes:
|> 
|> >Look, I'm not trying to put anyone down, but illegality does not imply
|> >incorrectness.
|> 
|> Does a country sponsering thugs to throw women and children in
|> concentration camps based on their religion imply incorrectness to you?


   Howdi,


     I must admit I am not a great chess player.  However, even for someone
   who is not a chess player it is obvious that a few people out there have
   seemingly forgotted that this is a *chess* group.  It is therefore ment
   for discussing chess.

     If you people seem intent on arguing whether about chess player 
   personalities and their implications, please do one of the following

         (a)  stop posting articiles that do no further that give your
              opinion on some matter
              (it is likely that you only cause your opposition to believe
               more in whatever there opinion is anywhay,    or

         (b)  if you're really intent on drumming your opinion home,
              either mail the guy you're talking to, or organise
              some more relevant group, such as alt.chess.opinions to
              further such discussion.

     
     PS :  And before anyone decides to flame me for this article, take
           a deep breath and count to 10.  I am not arguing that you should
           not give you opinion, I am simply saying that there are better
           places to give it.

 
                                          Many thanks... now back to chess.

                                          Owen


 
From: bruno@hpldsla.sid.hp.com (Bruno Bienenfeild)
Date: Fri, 4 Sep 1992 18:03:46 GMT
Subject: Re: chess clubs in santa clara county
Organization: HP Scientific Instruments Division - Palo Alto, CA
Newsgroups: rec.games.chess

 Campbell community center, corner of Winchester & Campbell has very   
 activ club with turnaments year around.
 You may try also LERA chess club that meets at recriational facilities
 at Lockhead.

 from the log of AA6AD
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From: jhc@m2lll.uucp (James H. Coombs)
Subject: Re: F-S II Game 8 (analysis)
Reply-To: jhc@iris.brown.edu.UUCP (James H. Coombs)
Organization: IRIS - Brown University
Date: Tue, 15 Sep 1992 02:32:08 GMT

In article <1992Sep15.021650.9080@sophia.smith.edu> orourke@sophia.smith.edu (Joseph O'Rourke) writes:

>	I wonder if it is appropriate to label the missing of Qc3!
>a "blunder"?  The NYTimes article did not indicate that any human
>saw this move.  If only Deep Thought could see its way through
>the complications, then we need another word to describe missing
>the correct move in such a dense position.

Zarkov saw it, playing at about 2300 USCF.  I don't think it had to go
that deep either.  --Jim
From: ron@osf.org (Ron Birnbaum)
Newsgroups: rec.games.chess
Subject: Re: stamina and aging
Date: 14 Sep 92 15:44:04 GMT
Distribution: rec
Organization: Open Software Foundation

In article <1992Sep14.1528.6339@channel1>, dale.smoak@channel1.com (dale smoak) writes:
|> 
|> This seems to be the missing factor in a lot of the Fischer vs. Kasparov
|> speculation.  Fischer's what, 30 years older than Kasparov? That's got
|> to make a difference.

  Please! Let's not make Fischer a decade older than he really is. Kasparov is
  only 20 years younger. 

|> It seems like a virtual miracle that Korchnoi was able to come so close
|> that one time against Karpov.

  How old was Korchnoi at the time? 

  Didn't Lasker once take many years off with negligible effect on his play?

-Ron
From: fry@tara.harvard.edu (David Fry)
Newsgroups: rec.games.chess
Subject: F-S II, game 3 moves
Date: 5 Sep 92 19:46:39 GMT
Article-I.D.: husc3.1992Sep5.154640.15403
Distribution: world
Organization: Harvard Math Department


Here are the moves to game 3.  Fischer said after the game, "This was
an off day for me, at least I hope it was an off day.  I was in
trouble."  Spassky agreed, saying, "I created problems in the opening
for Bobby."  Next game tomorrow.

   Fischer Spassky
   (White) (Black)
   1. e4 e5
   2. Nf3 Nc6
   3. Bb5 a6
   4. Ba4 Nf6
   5. 0-0 Be7
   6. Re1 b5
   7. Bb3 d6
   8. c3 0-0
   9. h3 Nb8
   10. d4 Nbd7
   11. Nbd2 Bb7
   12. Bc2 Re8
   13. Nf1 Bf8
   14. Ng3 g6
   15. Bg5 h6
   16. Bd2 exd4
   17. cxd4 c5
   18. Bf4 cxd4
   19. Nxd4 Ne5
   20. b3 d5
   21. Qd2 d5xe4
   22. Nxe4 Nd5
   23. Bg3 Rc8
   24. Re2 f5
   25. Bxe5 Rxe5
   26. Ng3 Rxe2
   27. Ngxe2 Nb4
   28. Rd1 Nxc2
   29. Nxc2 Qxd2
   30. Rxd2 Rc7
   31. Ne3 Kf7
   32. h4 Bc8
   33. Nf4 g5
   34. h4xg5 h6xg5
   35. Nd3 Bg7
   36. Nd5 Rc6
   37. N5b4 Rc7
   38. Nd5 Rc6
   39. N5b4 Rc7
   40. white offers draw
   ------
   Final positions:
   White: a2, b3, f2, g2, Nb4, Nd3, Rd2, Kg1
   Black: a6, b5, f5, g5 Bc8, Rc7, Bg7, Kf7
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From: sharring@cs.tamu.edu (Steven L Harrington)
Subject: Re: F-S II, game 3 update (11:03EDT)
Organization: Computer Science Department, Texas A&M University
Date: Sat, 5 Sep 1992 18:03:54 GMT

In article <1992Sep5.130154.15401@husc3.harvard.edu> fry@tara.harvard.edu (David Fry) writes:
>
>   Fischer Spassky  
>   (White) (Black)  
>   1. e4 e5  
>   2. Nf3 Nc6  
>   3. Bb5 a6  
>   4. Ba4 Nf6  
>   5. 0-0 Be7  
>   6. Re1 b5  
>   7. Bb3 d6  
>   8. c3 0-0  
>   9. h3 Nb8  
>   10. d4 Nbd7  
>   11. Nbd2 Bb7  
>   12. Bc2 Re8  
>   13. Nf1 Bf8  
>   14. Ng3 g6  
>   15. Bg5 h6  
>   16. Bd2 exd4  
>   17. cxd4 c5  
>   18. Bf4 cxd4 


Where are you getting the moves? Also, does anyone know what has
happened/is happeniong to valkyries? I thought ICS was going to 
be both up and following the game...Anyone associated with
with valkyries know what the problem is?

Also, does anyone out there with a database know whether this line has 
been played before, or is Spassky's 16...ed4 an innovation?

--steve harrington
--texas a&m university
From: fry@zariski.harvard.edu (David Fry)
Newsgroups: rec.games.chess
Subject: F-S II gossip
Date: 14 Sep 92 18:37:14 GMT
Article-I.D.: husc3.1992Sep14.143715.15579
Distribution: world
Organization: Harvard Math Department


Fischer continued his usual off-day news conference tirades today, 
this time focusing on the US government and the USCF.

He said, in response to questions, that "I have not paid my income 
taxes since 1976 and I have no intention of paying them now."  An IRS 
representative in Rome told Reuters to wait and see what happens next 
April when the taxes are actually due.  "You would be surprised how 
many people who publicly claim they will not pay income tax actually 
do at the end, " said Bert Gimm. Gimm said Fischer would have to pay 
31% of his winnings from the match in taxes.

Turning to the United States Chess Federation, which he is still mad 
at for what he considers unsupportive treatment during his 1975 
negotiations for the Fischer-Karpov match, "I have nothing to do with 
the USCF.  I consider them to be pro-Soviet, a criminal organization.  
Their magazine 'Chess Life' should really be named 'Chess Lies.'  I 
told them that I am not their member, but they still use my name.  I 
also do not intend to play in the US Chess Olympic Team."  Fischer is 
also angered that the USCF does not recognize him as the World 
Champion.  His resentment of the US Government dates to 1965 when he 
was prohibited by the State Department from playing in the Capablanca 
Memorial tournament in Havana.  He ultimately played anyway by telex 
from an apartment in New York.

Fischer said that his "riverboat gambler" visor that he wore in games 
7 and 8 may account for his improved play. "Yes, it's a help.  You 
keep a little more privacy for your eyes so your opponent can't see 
what you're looking at."  He disagreed with the expert consensus that 
the chess being displayed was below top flight grandmaster quality.

Finally, he said that he would not negotiate to play a match with 
Kasparov.

From Spassky's side we hear that he is having problems with his 
concentration.  "The problem is the fifth hour, that is when my 
concentration drops," he said.  Spassky's 31. Rc1 in game 8 was 
judged a good move by Robert Byrne and Deep Thought II in the New 
York Times, to which Fischer answered 31....Ncb3? 32. axb3 Nxb3. But 
Spassky followed up with the awful 33.Rc6? rather than 33.Rc3 which 
would have given him all the winning chances.

Spassky played down the problem with his prostate in the news 
conference today, saying that he had had kidney trouble which 
affected his play in this year's French championship.

Robert Byrne also reports that Fischer's one-time friend Bernard 
Zuckerman said, "We have to see how he plays after the 10th game. 
That should be enough practice for him to get into his best form."

David Fry                                  fry@math.harvard.edu
Division of Applied Sciences               fry@huma1.bitnet
Harvard University                      ...!harvard!huma1!fry
Cambridge, MA  02138
From: "dale smoak" <dale.smoak@channel1.com>
Newsgroups: rec.games.chess
Subject: stamina and aging
Date: 14 Sep 92 05:30:08 EST
Reply-To: "dale smoak" <dale.smoak@channel1.com>
Distribution: rec
Organization: Channel 1 Communications

There's been lots of speculation about a Fischer-Kasparov match, with
one or two posters even claiming that if Kasparov won such a match that
would make him the player of the age, or something like that.

But I've seen no notice at all of the effects of aging on a
chessplayer's stamina.  Our world champions are usually fairly young, 35
or under.  In grandmaster play, older players seem to falter in the
fifth hour of play; at least that's the explanation I've heard as to why
you rarely see serious older challengers for the World Championship.
Spassky, Smyslov and other players in their 40's, 50's, 60's and 70's
must know as much or more chess than they did in their primes, but the
stamina factor keeps them out of the highest echelon.

This seems to be the missing factor in a lot of the Fischer vs. Kasparov
speculation.  Fischer's what, 30 years older than Kasparov? That's got
to make a difference.

It seems like a virtual miracle that Korchnoi was able to come so close
that one time against Karpov.

Dale Smoak        dale.smoak#channel1.com     76350.3662@compuserve.com
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From: hau4@ellis.uchicago.edu (sven  hauptfeld)
Subject: Re: Fischer CNN
Reply-To: hau4@midway.uchicago.edu
Organization: University of Chicago Computing Organizations
Date: Sun, 6 Sep 1992 17:01:56 GMT

In article <1992Sep5.234825.23549@smds.com> rh@ishmael.UUCP (Richard Harter) writes:
>>In article <benwood.715537634@milton> benwood@milton.u.washington.edu (Ben Henwood) writes:
>>)The reporter mentioned that Fischer faces a $250,000 fine from the
>>)Treasury Department when he returns to the US for violating the
>>)sanctions.  He noted that if Fischer wins the match and $3.5 million,
>>)he could easily afford it.
>
>Let's reduce this proposition to its basics.  Serbs, Croatians, and Bosnians
                                               ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>are killing each other.  The American governments response is to threaten to
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>fine an American and put him in jail.

When thugs kill a normal citizen in the subway, I guess you say:
	"Thugs and normal citizens are killing each other."

>
>Let's get back to chess, huh.  It makes a lot more sense.

Sure it makes more sense than ignorant statements like the underlined. But
then stick to whatever makes sense to you. There is nothing wrong with not
knowing something, but there is a lot wrong with preaching based on ignorance.

>-- 
>Richard Harter: SMDS Inc.  Net address: rh@smds.com Phone: 508-369-7398 
>US Mail: SMDS Inc., PO Box 555, Concord MA 01742.    Fax: 508-369-8272
>In the fields of Hell where the grass grows high
>Are the graves of dreams allowed to die.

Sven

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From: jhc@m2lll.uucp (James H. Coombs)
Subject: Re: "Think like a GM" by A. Kotov
Reply-To: jhc@iris.brown.edu.UUCP (James H. Coombs)
Organization: IRIS - Brown University
Date: Sun, 13 Sep 1992 01:06:31 GMT

In article <23277@hacgate.SCG.HAC.COM> dguerrer@oak.cel.scg.hac.com (Dan Guerrero) writes:

>1.  I realize I am weak in formulating good plans.  Sometimes,
>    I play a game with a plan only to abandon it at midgame
>    as infeasible.

Better off sticking to a mediocre plan than switching around between
plans that would have been better.  Form a coherent, concrete plan and
stick to it---be flexible to changing conditions, but don't start
thinking like "the kingside would really be better than the queenside,
so why don't I start action over there [as well]."  Forces have to work
together, and that won't happen if you switch.  If you plan so that you
can get your forces working together, then you should have a feasible
plan.

Forgive my pontificating.  I am lecturing myself, trying to drive it in.

>2.  I don't have the time or the inclination to memorize or
>    familiarize myself with hundreds of openings.  Again, this might
>    relate to #1 above. I feel that if I can have a good plan
>    then I can find the opening that suits it and take it from
>    there.

>Someone recommended the book "Think like a
>Grandmaster" by A. Kotov. I understand there is an entire series
>of books like this(i.e. Plan like a GM, Train like a GM etc.).

People swear by these books, although not so much for Train, which
seems to be for advanced players.  I have not been impressed by
skimming any of them in the bookstore, but that affects only my
purchasing decisions.  More important are the recommendations of
those who have really used the books.

And now for my substantive contribution: Romanovsky, *Chess Middlegame
Planning*.  It's a superb book.  R. especially emphasizes the
importance of concreteness in planning.  I think the book would be
ideal for you.

--Jim [1271 USCF]
Newsgroups: rec.games.chess
From: jhc@m2lll.uucp (James H. Coombs)
Subject: Re: fish question
Reply-To: jhc@iris.brown.edu.UUCP (James H. Coombs)
Organization: IRIS - Brown University
Date: Wed, 16 Sep 1992 00:18:41 GMT

In article <1992Sep15.234759.9634@u.washington.edu> monaghan@carson.u.washington.edu (Tracy Monaghan) writes:
>In article <9209141823.AA02724@sapir.uchicago.edu> Eric Schiller <schiller@sapir.uchicago.edu> writes:

>>For those interested in the opening, 10...e5 was not a TN. It was played
>What is a "TN"?

I asked a while ago and never got an answer.  I later inferred that it
stands for "true novelty."  I may be wrong, but at least you got an
answer!  --Jim
Newsgroups: rec.games.chess
Subject: Re: fischer-spassky
From: fry@zariski.harvard.edu (David Fry)
Date: 10 Sep 92 09:20:42 EDT
Organization: Harvard Math Department

In article <1992Sep10.012725.12502@erg.sri.com> vlad@erg.sri.com (vlad) writes:
>Well, why not? According to Fischer, htere is a world-wide
>Zionist-Communist conspiracy against him. I recall his old complaints about
>rooms being too hot, too cold, too light, too dark. If I am not mistaken,
>he even pretended to be a religeous jew and demanded that he be excused
>from playing on saturdays. Oh, those Zionist enemies of Fischer's... :-)
>And the Commies...

For the millionth time, Fischer observed the religious rituals of the
Worldwide Church of God, a fundamentalist Christian church he belonged
to, not Judiasm.

>Maybe, Spassky is in on htis Zionist-Communist conspiracy? :-) Maybe he is
>using "Zionist" black magic to beat Fischer? Only Fischer's analyst
>knows...

Actually, Spassky and Fischer are quite fond of each other.

David Fry                                  fry@math.harvard.edu
Division of Applied Sciences               fry@huma1.bitnet
Harvard University                      ...!harvard!huma1!fry
Cambridge, MA  02138            
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