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In Reply to: "the third longest of all time." Case closed. nt posted by Victor Khomenko on October 4, 2011 at 17:51:54:
You even went so far in one post as to ignore the fact that he *was* in fact the world champion. "One of many?" not even close. One of a very few who are true contenders for the mythical title of greatest or best ever. the fact that he is even in the conversation, and he is in the converstaion for those who know the subject and are not overtaken by their personal hatred for tha man, speaks volumes for his talent given that he walked awy from the game at age 29. In his short time in the game on an international level he achieved a degree of superiority that no other chess player has ever enjoyed in the history of the game. That certainly makes him one of if not the best ever and one of if not the greatest ever. You conveniently ignored that fact while making a bizarre "case" out of his time as the top rated player only being the third longest. Aside form the fact that his stay at the top was cut off by his choice to walk away from the game, that you would cite this as your case for Bobby Fisher being unexceptional is indeed bizarre.
Also you have been harping on about his impact beyond the game itself. His impact was pretty obvious. He was bigger than the game ever was or probably ever will be. Fischer was regarded by many as the most famous man on earth when he won the world championship. The championship itself was the lead story each night over Watergate. It was watched by millions of people. The popularity of chess in the United Stetes skyrocketed because of Fischer. How many people do you think know who Anand is these days? whether or not you can see past your hatred for the guy, he was bigger than the game itself. That is rare. While Anand seems to be a nicer guy than Fischer I somehow don't see anyone making a documentary of any interest on him or any other players. And nothing in the history of the game comes close to being the international event that the Spassky/ Fischer championship was. Kasparov/ Big Blue was a distant distant second. Fischer's win over Spassky was a big deal and had a substantial impact on the collective state of mind of the American people.
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Follow Ups
- You are too delluded by hate to even see what the case actually is - Analog Scott 19:09:12 10/04/11 (4)
- US is not the world - Victor Khomenko 19:28:06 10/04/11 (3)
- Who said it was the world? - Analog Scott 20:21:59 10/04/11 (2)
- "Bobby Fischer was at one point one of the most famous persons on earth. " - Victor Khomenko 05:54:27 10/05/11 (1)
- It was an international event and symbolic of the cold war - Analog Scott 07:32:24 10/05/11 (0)
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