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**parrthenon@cs.com** · March 3rd 08, 09:44 PM posted to rec.games.chess.politics,rec.games.chess.misc

DEAR LARRY PARR

In a message dated 3/3/2008 writes:

Thank you for the link to The Bobby Fischer That We Loved.
by Larry Evans. I don't subscribe to Chess Life and might
never have found it on my own.

Fisher certainly was an exceptionally sad
case in life -- so talented and brilliant and yet a
flawed diamond. After all that deranged Fischer
worship, Evans was refreshingly honest.

I especially appreciated Evans' question when he
discussed the impact of computerized chess:

"Why would anyone today devote a lifetime to mastering
a game from which it's almost impossible to earn a
living when a hand-held device can find the best move
in a split second?"

I also liked his answer to Frank Brady at the end
of the article: "I try to make each game a work of art."

I ask you, what better reason is there to devote one's life?

wrote:
THE BOBBY FISCHER THAT WE LOVED

By GM Larry Evans

http://tinyurl.com/2fdrth