King Botvinnik

King Botvinnik

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TRUMP

Canada

Joined
19 May 18
Moves
1786
03 Jul 18

Originally posted by @eladar
Which is now why you are leaving your keys at your girlfriend's place lol.
Never again.

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Joined
16 May 11
Moves
50056
07 Jul 18

Originally posted by @nevare
If Fischer was the best ever he would have played Karpov in 1992 and not a weakened Spassky. As far as world champions go... Spassky is considered as one of the weakest so Fischer had it easy in 1972. Just ask greenpawn lol
Who said Spassky was one of the weakest world champions ?

Cryptic

Behind the scenes

Joined
27 Jun 16
Moves
3095
08 Jul 18

Originally posted by @nevare
Hmm no booby Fischer fanatics yet...
Fischer was a great talent, and clearly the best player in the world for at least 5 years. I could be persuaded to place him in the top 5 of all time even though I didn't like him. There was little room in Bobby Fischer's life for anyone but Bobby Fischer, and I can't remember him ever bothering to help anyone, or even speak a kind word about them. He was kind of a jerk.

Über-Nerd

Joined
31 May 12
Moves
8328
08 Jul 18
2 edits

Originally posted by @ewan28
Who said Spassky was one of the weakest world champions ?
Spassky defeated Petrosian for the championship (on his second try). That was no mean feat; Petrosian was an extraordinarily difficult player to defeat.