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Post by matejst on Nov 1, 2022 8:54:48 GMT
Anatoly Karpov has been hospitalized with serious injuries. So far, we don't really know what happened. Lots of suppositions though.
One of the greatest champion chess had. Playing under the actual rules, I believe he would have kept his title much longer, although his physical frailty was a serious handicap. The chess world has been largely unfair to such a great champion, and now I read he was drunk when he fell -- although, for years, he did not drink at all. I doubt he started at 71.
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Post by Ozymandias on Nov 3, 2022 7:09:25 GMT
Did he have a will? Because it sounds like this:
There's lots of unscrupulous people anywhere, in Russia too. If we're facing such a case, the authorities will surely keep it under wraps, as it doesn't paint a nice picture about the country and (some) of its people.
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Post by matejst on Nov 3, 2022 16:28:23 GMT
Did he have a will? Because it sounds like this: There's lots of unscrupulous people anywhere, in Russia too. If we're facing such a case, the authorities will surely keep it under wraps, as it doesn't paint a nice picture about the country and (some) of its people. Do you know about Boris Spassky's case? |
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Post by Ozymandias on Nov 3, 2022 16:46:11 GMT
Not really.
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Post by matejst on Nov 3, 2022 17:14:24 GMT
Spassky earned a lot of money in 1992, after his match against Fischer -- several millions -- and he was wise enough to take this money from Jezdimir Vasiljevic and put in a better bank in France. After his stroke, he was almost sequestrated by his French wife and son and had to run away to Russia, where he lives now. Nonetheless, it seems he lost all his property and money in the divorce.
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Post by Ozymandias on Nov 3, 2022 21:02:53 GMT
From the same Russian sources mentioned above, it looks like
I also posted google translation on Talkchess.
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Post by matejst on Nov 4, 2022 9:33:46 GMT
My dear colleague -- and yours! -- Aleksandar Sasha Petrovic, when he was promoted ataman in Rostov had the duty to taste all the Russian national drinks, from Crimean wines to different kinds of vodka. No kumiss, though, although I doubt he remembers well what he drank.
Edit: I see that "mclane" commented on your post at CCC.
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Post by Ozymandias on Nov 4, 2022 10:40:32 GMT
I see that "mclane" commented on your post at CCC. He just can't resist the urge. Remember when he opened a thread a couple of months ago, saying he was leaving Ed's forum? Well, in the "Illegal Invasion Of Ukraine" thread (sic) the last 7 posts for the past month are all his. The only real effect his "announcement" had, was getting his pal to leave for real. In a much calmly manner, I should say. He just stopped posting, that's all, no need to ask for the account to be closed or any such public displays. |
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Post by Ozymandias on Dec 7, 2022 8:09:22 GMT
Back to Karpov. What's the latest?
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Post by matejst on Dec 7, 2022 12:38:50 GMT
No clues. He should be home now. The more I think of it, the more I believe that under the current conditions, he would have beat Kasparov. Korchnoi played endings better than him in 1978, but in the middle eighties he was exceptional in this phase of the game. Carlsen is a true successor of Karpov and Kramnik.
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Post by matejst on Dec 7, 2022 12:44:01 GMT
In general, we tend to underestimate the great Soviet champions now. I recently read a book where the author, a British GM, was less than complimentary about Misha Tal. It was ugly. There is a culture of drinking in Russia, like there is a culture of drinking in Serbia. The inherent racism of the anglo-saxon society was in full display.
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Post by Ozymandias on Dec 7, 2022 13:16:19 GMT
The more I think of it, the more I believe that under the current conditions, he would have beat Kasparov. Korchnoi played endings better than him in 1978, but in the middle eighties he was exceptional in this phase of the game. Carlsen is a true successor of Karpov and Kramnik. Are you purposely leaving Fischer out? |
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Post by matejst on Dec 7, 2022 15:37:52 GMT
No. Fischer was a different beast altogether, a special case. Carlsen benefited from the Russian school of chess through several channels -- the computer informational era, working with Kasparov, etc. Fischer was without teachers, and he learned from his own analysis, his own experience.
I also think that he had an even better technique, both in the middlegame and the endgame. For me, he still remains the clear number one. His games with white, from 1960, are an example how to play positional chess.
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Post by matejst on Dec 7, 2022 15:48:03 GMT
In general, Fischer's chess (with white) is the one I understand the best, and which I found aesthetically the most pleasant. His analysis, in "My 60 games" are outstanding. If it is really what he saw during the game... I remain speechless.
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Post by Ozymandias on Dec 7, 2022 16:45:23 GMT
When occasionally analyzing GM games, the only ones I found that weren't ridiculed by the silicon kibitzer, were Fischer's. It was with Rybka 3 and the like, but still.
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