Re: The Match That Wasn't

FISCHER'S SELFMATE

The reason why several readers caught the
evident point of selfmate is the common use of
sui-mate, with the "sui" meaning in many minds
"suicide."  One therefore creates a referential pun.

As for the FIDE world title, it was Bobby's to give
away which he finally did AFTER resigning it.

Yours, Larry Parr


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> FISCHER'S SELFMATE
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> Several readers said they understood "selfmate" to mean only that
> Fischer mated himself by handing the title to Karpov without a
> fight..
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> On May 2, 1:05?pm, Mike Murray <mikemur...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> > On Fri, 2 May 2008 12:43:39 -0700 (PDT), Quadibloc <jsav...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> > >On May 2, 8:39?am, David Richerby <dav...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> > >> <ttk5...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> > >> > "parrthe...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> > >> >> Dr. Dowd's once forged my name on a university website. His
criticism
> > >> >> is reminiscent of a cable that Winston Churchill once sent
ending a
> > >> >> sentence with "of." When a subordinate reminded him that it was
wrong
> > >> >> to end a sentence with a preposition, Churchill replied: "Do you
see
> > >> >> the kind of idiocy up which I have to put.=94
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> > >> > As I recall, the exact quote was ?"Do you see the kind of idiocy
up
> > >> > *_with_* which I have to put.=94
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> > >> Clearly the `with' is necessary. ?But it's not, in fact, clear that
> > >> Churchill ever said or wrote anything of the sort.
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> > >> ?http://www.wsu.edu/~brians/errors/churchill.html
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> > >The version I heard was "This is the sort of nonsense up with which I
> > >shall not put."
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> > >John Savard
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> > A grammar text? ?Why do you bring that book I don't want to be
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