The Historian wrote:
help bot wrote:
David Kane wrote:

What do you mean by "advantage"?

See my point? The man doesn't even know what an
advantage is!

Amazing. How can a chessplayer not understand that "I'm better" doesn't
mean "I'm winning?" Or that one can play on and force the opponent to
'prove' the draw.


IMO, some weakies may simply count up material,
probably something along these lines:

White: B+p+p+p+p+p = 8 points

Black: B+p+p+p+p+p = 8 points

8 = 8 = draw

By contrast, both Fischer and Spassky see much, much
deeper into the position. I seriously doubt that Spassky's
depth of play in this game was the norm; more likely, as
World Champion, he was -- just as when he defeated
Petrosian for the title -- in his prime, or at his best. Look
at the picture where Fischer is covering his face with his
hands: Spassky is deep in thought, working out the win.

BTW, in that shot Fischer has his huge hands sprawled
over his contorted face, and both elbows on the table, which
I for one would have found distracting; this is hardly
surprising, despite claims that he never violated ettiquette,
etc. In vivid contrast, Spassky, whose clock is ticking, is
doing nothing to distract or annoy -- except finding good
moves, that is. This recently happenned to me at GetClub,
and I found the good moves to be *extremely* annoying!

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