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THE WEEKLY KNIGHT
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(for September 26, 1992)
Unlike most people, I'm having some difficulty engendering
enthusiasm for the return of the great American chess
machine, Bobby Fischer. In 1972, during the days of the Cold
War, we idolized him as an eccentric American genius who
fought his way through a bureaucratic system stacked with
Russians. When he reached the pinnacle, he said he wouldn't
be like other World Champions--he would play and play and
play. The game would be elevated to a new level of
popularity.
During the Reykjavik match, chess in America boomed. Stores
couldn't stock chess sets and books at a fast enough pace to
keep up with the demand. New chess clubs sprung up overnight;
established ones were overwhelmed with members.
Then Bobby inexplicably stopped playing. First, for several
months, then several years (losing his world championship
by default in the process), then for several decades.
American chess went into a steady decline and remains in a
permanent funk even today, despite the fact that USCF
membership is at an all-time high of 60,000 (in a nation of
250 million people.)
Twenty years later, just as unexpectedly as when his playing
ceased, he returned. The opponent was the same as in 1972;
Bobby even proclaimed that he was once again playing for the
World Championship.
Bobby, if you ever happen to read this, you might want to pay
close attention to what follows. 1972 is long gone. It's as
much a part of history as the Berlin Wall. (But that's
another story.) Since you've apparently been lost in your own
world for the past twenty years, let me fill you in on a few
of the more pertinent changes. First, Gari Kasparov is the
World Champion. He dethroned Karpov (the fella who became
Champion when you refused to defend your title) several years
ago. Yes, Kasparov is Russian, but he insisted on holding
half of the last World Championship match here in the good
ole USA, right in your own backyard as a matter of fact, New
York City. I even had a chance to watch a "live" game. (I've
never seen you play, Bobby.) Secondly, Yugoslavia is NOT the
pleasant, little Adriatic hideaway it once was. Today, it's
being torn apart by civil war. You've heard of "war", haven't
you, Bobby? Just in case you haven't, let me give you a quick
definition: "War" is where lots of innocent people die. Now
here's the BIG ONE that you might want to really prepare
yourself for, Bobby: the Soviet Union no longer exists!
That's right, Bobby, the USSR has become a bunch of
independent states like it was years and years ago. (You
may want to think twice about trying to take legal action
against a place that's no longer on the map.)
On the other hand, Bobby, some things have not changed hardly
at all. For example, take a look at chess in America. When
you quit playing, chess stopped getting publicity, and then
everybody else quit playing, too. Currently, the US Chess
Federation has only slightly more members than it did twenty
years ago.
It's time to join adulthood and start accepting some
resposibility, Bobby. Some say it was the fear of losing that
made you stop playing. I say it was the fear of growing up.
In 1972, we tolerated your antics as being the idiosyncracies
of an eccentric; In 1992, your ravings are nothing more than
the tantrums of a 49 year old child.
Stepping down off my soapbox and returning to reality,
Fischer's next opponent is widely believed to be former World
Champion, Anatoly Karpov, who seems to have regained his old
form after losing his Candidates' Match to Nigel Short. Prior
to his first place finish in the Category 16 tournament at
Biel, Switzerland, Karpov also won a strong event in Madrid,
ahead of such notables as Salov, Epishin, Yudasin and the
Polgars. (NY International winner Granda-Zuniga finished
second to last!) Karpov's game against the Spanish player,
Magem, from the Madrid tournament is a reminder that the
former World Champion can still play good chess.
White: J.Magem Black: A.Karpov Ruy Lopez
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 Bb7 10.d4 Re8 11.Nbd2 Bf8 12.Bc2 g6 13.d5 Nb8
14.b3 c6 15.c4 a5 16.dxc6 Bxc6 17.cxb5 Bxb5 18.Nc4 Na6 19.Bg5
Nb4 20.Ne3 Be7 21.Bxf6 Bxf6 22.a3 Nxc2 23.Qxc2 Re7 24.Rad1 Rd7
25.Nd5 Bg7 26.a4 Ba6 27.Nd2 Rc8 28.Nc4 Rc5 29.Qa2 Qb8 30.Rd3 Rb7
31.Nde3 Bh6 32.Nd5 Bg5 33.Re2 h5 34.Rc2 h4 35.Rdc3 Bxc4 36.Rxc4
Rxc4 37.bxc4 Rb1+ 38.Kh2 Re1 39.f3 Qd8 40.Qb2 Be3 41.Nxe3 Qg5!!
0-1
Glenn Budzinski
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