FISCHER ENDED SOVIET DOMINATION OF CHESS


(From "The Bobby Fischer That We Loved" by GM Larry Evans in Britain's
CHESS)

He asked me to be his second at the Mallorca Interzonal in 1970 as
well as his match with Petrosian at Buenos Aires in 1971. While there
I was on good terms with grandmaster Yuri Averbakh, Russia's long-time
delegate to FIDE, who described the impact of Bobby's victory in the
USSR: "At home they don't understand. They think it means there is
something wrong with our culture."

Retired colonel Edmondson went with us. I watched this proud man crawl
and cater to Bobby's every whim because he realized that victory would
be a boon for American chess.

I only saw Bobby a few more times after he won the title in 1972
because he started to distance himself from his old friends and dwell
in his own fantasy world.


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THE BOBBY FISCHER THAT WE LOVED

We just received word that this article by GM Larry Evans is in the
December 2007 issue of the British magazine CHESS. Subscribers are in
for a treat.