"Neil Coward" wrote in message ...
OK so the provocative subject line got you reading. What I mean is I've read
in a few places that Bobby Fischer didn't have a particular style - he just
played the strongest move.

For example Tal and Bronstein, both romantic attacking players would seek
beautiful moves or chase interesting ideas.
Petrosian (not that I know much about him) would steer the game into calmer
positional waters.

However Bobby's play was like a search for truth - just to find the best
move, the right move in a given position.

Is this an adequate description of Bobby Fischer's style, and surely this is
what chess should be - a search for truth?

The public Soviet opinion at the time leading up to the Spassky '72
match was that Fischer's play was classical, and that it was easy to
see through his aim in the game. Added to this was an intense opening
preparation.

I think your description of a search "to find the best move in the
position" is apt and is equivalent to a "classical" style. That he was
nevertheless so difficult to hold off was accorded to his ability to
calculate.