On May 1, 5:34 pm, "parrthe...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
" <parrthe...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> FISCHER & KASPAROV ON THE USCF (some 20-odd years ago)
>
> =93As far as the U.S. Chess Federation goes, I have nothing to do with
> them, I consider them to be a pro-Soviet, criminal organization,
> terrible people. I would like...I would appreciate it if all my fans
> canceled their subscriptions to their horrible magazine Chess Life. I
> call it Chess Lies -- and withdrew from membership of this
> organization.=94 -- Bobby Fischer
I think Mr. Fischer may have had difficulty with the
fact that perhaps 5% of the magazine's overall slant
was not rabidly pro-Fischer. For instance, during
the time when bogus rationales were discussed at
length in a vain attempt to "justify" the multitude of
Fischer demands, Larry Evans wrote a nice piece
pointing out that they were not fair, and Chess Lies
published it. That was too much "sunlight" for Mr.
Fischer to handle.
> =93The small minded leaders of the Unites States Chess Federation try to
> keep it an amateur game and must be purged like entrenched Communist
> Bureaucrats.=94 -- Garry Kasparov
It would be nice if comments by Gary Kasparov
were accompanied by dates; the point is that the
poor fellow has a nasty habit of changing his
positions, the way most people change their
socks. He even jumped into bed with FIDE at
one point-- an act which surprised even me.
> And so it goes.
The nutters seem to be falling back to their
trenches, desperately seeking some sort of
"support" -- even the "support" of other nutters,
if need be. I am reminded of an old quotation,
in which the retirement of Reubin Fine from
chess was described as: "a loss for chess,
and at best, a draw for psychology".
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