Rich Hutnik wrote:
Then you have a Titanic type situation, where things are doomed and
nothing will change it? Just keep riding it out in hopes another
Bobby Fischer comes along? Not sure how chess will produce another
Bobby Fischer, unless there is another Cold War. Kasparov is
probably the closest to Fischer, but how large of an impact did he
have on Chess?

I would guess that, outside the USA and/or among people aged under 50,
Kasparov is better known than Fischer among the general public.


Dave.

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