Ray Gordon wrote:[e]

Of course, we all know that GMs always go around playing against "guests"
on ICC.....

Even more shocking is that never in his career before he quit did Fischer
ever try these theories.

IIRC, I remember Fischer, when he was playing publically, making statements
to the effect that a 'Kings Gambit' style of play would/could/should be the
most effective but because of the way most GMs of the time played, the
possibilities would never be explored fully and, therefore, would never
gain in popularity.

Case in point: Still not 'popular', AND, obviously, quite effective.

I have always thought that the King can be a very formidable OFFENSIVE piece
while most schools of thought relegate the King to being totally defensive
and protected, and nothing more.

Also, after an extensive study of FisherRandomChess I have (personally)
concluded that a better variation of it would be 'roll-your-own', ie; White
places the King, Black mirrors placement and then places the Queen with
White mirroring followed by White placing a Rook, etc, etc... Pawns, of
course start at the normal place. The rules would be exactly the same as
FRC, ie; the King starting between the rooks and the Bishops on opposing
colors.

As for playing chess myself, I refuse to play using a clock. All the clock
does is force error to occur. Being a human player, I make errors just fine
without any help, thankyouverymuch. I need no clock to help me. ;^)

So, Mr Fischer, Let's play FRC, roll-your-own, no clock.