chessandpoker
02-01-2008, 03:41 AM
An interesting article from Garry Kasparov on Fischer, who he never met in person. good stuff:
It was Fischer's attitude on and off the board that infused his play with unrivaled power. Before Fischer, no one was ready to fight to the death in every game. No one was willing to work around the clock to push chess to a new level. But Fischer was, and he became the detonator of an avalanche of new chess ideas, a revolutionary whose revolution is still in progress.
Full article here: http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1707222,00.html
It was Fischer's attitude on and off the board that infused his play with unrivaled power. Before Fischer, no one was ready to fight to the death in every game. No one was willing to work around the clock to push chess to a new level. But Fischer was, and he became the detonator of an avalanche of new chess ideas, a revolutionary whose revolution is still in progress.
Full article here: http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1707222,00.html