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- Subject: Re: TO THE GM's/IM's FROM DON
- Message-ID: <1992Dec24.153218.628@uoft02.utoledo.edu>
- Date: 24 Dec 92 15:32:18 EST
- References: <1992Dec23.122549.621@uoft02.utoledo.edu> <1992Dec23.134846.9584@iscsvax.uni.edu> <1992Dec23.154901.624@uoft02.utoledo.edu> <34610@rnd.GBA.NYU.EDU>
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- In article <34610@rnd.GBA.NYU.EDU>, mginsbur@rnd.GBA.NYU.EDU (Mark Ginsburg) writes:
- >
- > I submit that the basis for stating that Fischer is not as good as he
- > was has been provided not only in Benjamin's article, but also
- > Dzindzihashvili's in _Chess Life_ and Ree's in _New In Chess_.
-
- I admit I have not read this article by Dzindihashvoli's article, and it may
- have come up to snuff as being a serious work. But surely you can not place
- Benjamin's article as being convincing!!!
-
- Any work which relies on the reader's acceptance without solid proof is hardly
- the legitimate work of an expert to be taken seriously!!!
-
-
- >
- > I am interested to know if there are any dissenting opinions in the
- > ranks of GMs. Of course, everybody agrees that he is still quite
- > strong. Why such the furor over the statement that a 20-year layoff
- > might prove a little detrimental (as evidenced by the games)?
-
- Other have, I believe, spoken up over a love of Fischer. I disagree not with
- the statment, but with the shoddy way in which it was presented, and the way so
- many people here have blindly accepted such a biased and weak peace.
-
- >
- > And, if there are no GMs who disagree with the notion that the
- > 49-year old Fischer is tangibly weaker than the 29-year old Fischer,
- > does that mean anything or are they all deluded? Just wondering.
- >
- > (Let's keep this at the level of chess moves and games, please).
- >
- > -mark
-