Re: The Match That Wasn't

On May 3, 1:36 pm, "parrthe...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
" <parrthe...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:

> Several readers said they understood "selfmate" to mean only that
> Fischer mated himself by handing the title to Karpov without a
> fight..

  This nonsense about Bobby Fischer handing "his"
title off to Anatoly Karpov is wrongheaded.

  In fact, Mr. Fischer resigned the FIDE title, and it
was only later given to the winner of the final playoff
match, by FIDE (not BF).   Mr. Fischer's battles
were with or against the FIDE assembly, not AK.
And I wouldn't say that BF did not put up a fight; it
is perhaps more accurate to say that he lost by
TKO, after winning nearly every round but the last.


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