On Mar 27, 8:42 am, "Chess One" wrote:

A crucial correction: Boris Spassky was
*not* limited in his success with the King's
Gambit to 2500-2600 players; in fact, his
most famous wins include one against
Bobby Fischer; in sum, GM Spassky
seems to have had no particular limit
whatever here.


Absurd Innesian jibberish omitted.


Which was in 1960! [Mar del Plata] where Fischer seemed to err in a
Kieseritzky with 11. ... c5?

Okay, my computer was unconcerned by
this purported error, seeing Black as on top
all the way through until a single blunder at
the end.

I mentioned this anecdote since it returns the subject to chess [and indeed
to our recently rehersed discussion if 1700 players can analyse as well as
GMs


Well, that program has not been awarded the
GM title, but it is nonetheless, of super-GM
*strength* the way I wield it.


grin] and it provokes the issue if black's 11th move is actually
playable. It is interesting that your computer evaluation seems to think so.


More than that, it seems to indicate that the
source you copied (as always) was mistaken.
Black's (i.e. GM Fischer's) decisive error was
not this move at all, but came much later.

The graphic representation of a game does
a fine job in pinpointing the most significant
errors therein. In this particular game, the
graph indicates objectively that Black was
hunky-dory both before and after ...c5, but
fell apart near the finish, where his Queen
was being chased about. In sum, GM
Fischer's idea was okay, if not brilliant.


As above, perhaps some people can understand what's going on - Spassky
could! Which is why he didn't play the KG very much after he got good, since
it was too predictable and offered insufficient winning chances with white.


Wrong. You are stuck like a stick in the
mud, with this nonsense. In reality, GM
Spassky beat up on players of all strengths,
with the KG, as White. Just put that book
down and look at the facts.


Or perhaps that is your answer right there! Boris is a good guy, and
expanded his own repetoire far beyond the KG


I have no problem with this part of your
copied-out book. Where we seem to run
aground is in the nonsense regarding BS
not being able to win as White in the KG
against players above the 2600 level;
whoever wrote the book you are copying
out of this time, just didn't have his facts
straight.


Let you not get overexcited about half a dozen games in a carear

"carrier"


I generally carry only one: a chess game
(or set), in a zip-up nylon bag which also
protects my roll-up vinyl chess board.

I hope you know to roll it with the checkered side outward? That stops the
curl and means the rooks in the corners don't skateboard on a and h files
all on their own. [Messages from the Masters, vol twa.]


I knew that, even though after a long absence
from active play I somehow managed to roll it
the wrong way! Surprisingly, it was a total
patzer who first informed me of this (I had been
using anything but vinyl boards up until then),
and by strange coincidence, I am now reminded
once again by the very same!


This returns to the first point I made, and what you cite are 'surprise'
exceptions to the rule. Your list actually supports what I am saying,
since
if there are half a dozen wins with the KG at tops levels, is that still
as
much as 1% of Spassky's repetoire?


Whatever you think you are saying with regard
to GM Spassky's openings repertoire, you
missed the mark by copying out that part of
the book which insists that BS could not beat
2600+ opponents, as White, with the KG.

Look, when copying all these other writers,
you might want to think about what they are
saying, now and then. Do random spot-checks
to see whether or not it's all a bunch of hooey.


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