THE BOBBY FISCHER THAT WE LOVED

We just received word that this article by GM Larry Evans is in the
December 2007 issue of the British magazine CHESS. Subscribers are in
for a treat.

FISCHER ENDED SOVIET DOMINATION OF CHESS


(From "The Bobby Fischer That We Loved" by GM Larry Evans in Britain's
CHESS)

He asked me to be his second at the Mallorca Interzonal in 1970 as
well as his match with Petrosian at Buenos Aires in 1971. While there
I was on good terms with grandmaster Yuri Averbakh, Russia's long-time
delegate to FIDE, who described the impact of Bobby's victory in the
USSR: "At home they don't understand. They think it means there is
something wrong with our culture."

Retired colonel Edmondson went with us. I watched this proud man crawl
and cater to Bobby's every whim because he realized that victory would
be a boon for American chess.

I only saw Bobby a few more times after he won the title in 1972
because he started to distance himself from his old friends and dwell
in his own fantasy world.


wrote:

THE BOBBY FISCHER THAT WE LOVED

We just received word that this article by GM Larry Evans is in the
December 2007 issue of the British magazine CHESS. Subscribers are in
for a treat.

BRITAIN'S CHESS DECEMBER 2007

The Bobby Fischer That We Loved

Our Front Cover

Grandmaster Larry Evans, former US Champion and regular Olympiad team
member, is also a prolific chess writer.

For a great many years his syndicated newspaper columns have been read
all over America as have his Question and Answer articles in the US
magazine Chess Life.

Among his books are David Bronstein's Best Games, Modern Chess
Brilliancies, New Ideas in Chess and -- just published -- This Crazy
World of Chess!

And were it not for his collaboration and support, Bobby Fischer's My
60 Memorable Games would never have been published. See pages 28-37.

**********************************************

GM Evans send me a copy of his note to the editor, which stated:
"Thought I'd have to die before my picture would grace the cover of
another chess mag."




wrote:
FISCHER ENDED SOVIET DOMINATION OF CHESS


(From "The Bobby Fischer That We Loved" by GM Larry Evans in Britain's
CHESS)

He asked me to be his second at the Mallorca Interzonal in 1970 as
well as his match with Petrosian at Buenos Aires in 1971. While there
I was on good terms with grandmaster Yuri Averbakh, Russia's long-time
delegate to FIDE, who described the impact of Bobby's victory in the
USSR: "At home they don't understand. They think it means there is
something wrong with our culture."

Retired colonel Edmondson went with us. I watched this proud man crawl
and cater to Bobby's every whim because he realized that victory would
be a boon for American chess.

I only saw Bobby a few more times after he won the title in 1972
because he started to distance himself from his old friends and dwell
in his own fantasy world.


wrote:

THE BOBBY FISCHER THAT WE LOVED

We just received word that this article by GM Larry Evans is in the
December 2007 issue of the British magazine CHESS. Subscribers are in
for a treat.

Dear Larry Parr,

Britain's chess federation, at least the English Chess Federation have
agreed to be interviewed by Chessville, and the President is 'enthusiastic'
about such a prospect.

As usual, I will canvass a variety of sources to generate questions. Do you
have one yourself?

[In recent correspondence with their youth organiser, ECF wanted to publish
some or all of an interview with Mickey Adams in their magazine - I suspect
they will do same with their own questionnaire].

Other correspondents on this subject should e-mail me directly, or enter
Chessville's forum and ask their questions there.

Phil Innes

USCF are silent on a similar prospect - though I will certainly raise issues
of comparison with that organisation

wrote in message
...
BRITAIN'S CHESS DECEMBER 2007

The Bobby Fischer That We Loved

Our Front Cover

Grandmaster Larry Evans, former US Champion and regular Olympiad team
member, is also a prolific chess writer.

For a great many years his syndicated newspaper columns have been read
all over America as have his Question and Answer articles in the US
magazine Chess Life.

Among his books are David Bronstein's Best Games, Modern Chess
Brilliancies, New Ideas in Chess and -- just published -- This Crazy
World of Chess!

And were it not for his collaboration and support, Bobby Fischer's My
60 Memorable Games would never have been published. See pages 28-37.

**********************************************

GM Evans send me a copy of his note to the editor, which stated:
"Thought I'd have to die before my picture would grace the cover of
another chess mag."




wrote:
FISCHER ENDED SOVIET DOMINATION OF CHESS


(From "The Bobby Fischer That We Loved" by GM Larry Evans in Britain's
CHESS)

He asked me to be his second at the Mallorca Interzonal in 1970 as
well as his match with Petrosian at Buenos Aires in 1971. While there
I was on good terms with grandmaster Yuri Averbakh, Russia's long-time
delegate to FIDE, who described the impact of Bobby's victory in the
USSR: "At home they don't understand. They think it means there is
something wrong with our culture."

Retired colonel Edmondson went with us. I watched this proud man crawl
and cater to Bobby's every whim because he realized that victory would
be a boon for American chess.

I only saw Bobby a few more times after he won the title in 1972
because he started to distance himself from his old friends and dwell
in his own fantasy world.


wrote:

THE BOBBY FISCHER THAT WE LOVED

We just received word that this article by GM Larry Evans is in the
December 2007 issue of the British magazine CHESS. Subscribers are in
for a treat.

ONE MEMBER ONE VOTE

Dear Phil,

An editorial by Malcolm Pein in the December issue calls upon the
English Chess Federation to adopt OMOV, which the Friends of the USCF
chaired by Larry Evans spearheaded decades ago.

Chess One wrote:
Dear Larry Parr,

Britain's chess federation, at least the English Chess Federation have
agreed to be interviewed by Chessville, and the President is 'enthusiastic'
about such a prospect.

As usual, I will canvass a variety of sources to generate questions. Do you
have one yourself?

[In recent correspondence with their youth organiser, ECF wanted to publish
some or all of an interview with Mickey Adams in their magazine - I suspect
they will do same with their own questionnaire].

Other correspondents on this subject should e-mail me directly, or enter
Chessville's forum and ask their questions there.

Phil Innes

USCF are silent on a similar prospect - though I will certainly raise issues
of comparison with that organisation

wrote in message
...
BRITAIN'S CHESS DECEMBER 2007

The Bobby Fischer That We Loved

Our Front Cover

Grandmaster Larry Evans, former US Champion and regular Olympiad team
member, is also a prolific chess writer.

For a great many years his syndicated newspaper columns have been read
all over America as have his Question and Answer articles in the US
magazine Chess Life.

Among his books are David Bronstein's Best Games, Modern Chess
Brilliancies, New Ideas in Chess and -- just published -- This Crazy
World of Chess!

And were it not for his collaboration and support, Bobby Fischer's My
60 Memorable Games would never have been published. See pages 28-37.

**********************************************

GM Evans send me a copy of his note to the editor, which stated:
"Thought I'd have to die before my picture would grace the cover of
another chess mag."




wrote:
FISCHER ENDED SOVIET DOMINATION OF CHESS


(From "The Bobby Fischer That We Loved" by GM Larry Evans in Britain's
CHESS)

He asked me to be his second at the Mallorca Interzonal in 1970 as
well as his match with Petrosian at Buenos Aires in 1971. While there
I was on good terms with grandmaster Yuri Averbakh, Russia's long-time
delegate to FIDE, who described the impact of Bobby's victory in the
USSR: "At home they don't understand. They think it means there is
something wrong with our culture."

Retired colonel Edmondson went with us. I watched this proud man crawl
and cater to Bobby's every whim because he realized that victory would
be a boon for American chess.

I only saw Bobby a few more times after he won the title in 1972
because he started to distance himself from his old friends and dwell
in his own fantasy world.


wrote:

THE BOBBY FISCHER THAT WE LOVED

We just received word that this article by GM Larry Evans is in the
December 2007 issue of the British magazine CHESS. Subscribers are in
for a treat.

wrote in message
...
ONE MEMBER ONE VOTE

Dear Phil,

An editorial by Malcolm Pein in the December issue calls upon the
English Chess Federation to adopt OMOV, which the Friends of the USCF
chaired by Larry Evans spearheaded decades ago.

Dear Larry,

Did you want to ask if they will accept the measure as a principle, how they
would determine to go forward or not, or a specific on when they will
implement it? [I assume Malcolm wrote in 'Chess'?].

While you are here - can you suggest OMOV at USCF as a model? I'll interview
you! What single factor of it could have been improved?

Thx Phil

Chess One wrote:
Dear Larry Parr,

Britain's chess federation, at least the English Chess Federation have
agreed to be interviewed by Chessville, and the President is
'enthusiastic'
about such a prospect.

As usual, I will canvass a variety of sources to generate questions. Do
you
have one yourself?

[In recent correspondence with their youth organiser, ECF wanted to
publish
some or all of an interview with Mickey Adams in their magazine - I
suspect
they will do same with their own questionnaire].

Other correspondents on this subject should e-mail me directly, or enter
Chessville's forum and ask their questions there.

Phil Innes

USCF are silent on a similar prospect - though I will certainly raise
issues
of comparison with that organisation

wrote in message
...
BRITAIN'S CHESS DECEMBER 2007

The Bobby Fischer That We Loved

Our Front Cover

Grandmaster Larry Evans, former US Champion and regular Olympiad team
member, is also a prolific chess writer.

For a great many years his syndicated newspaper columns have been read
all over America as have his Question and Answer articles in the US
magazine Chess Life.

Among his books are David Bronstein's Best Games, Modern Chess
Brilliancies, New Ideas in Chess and -- just published -- This Crazy
World of Chess!

And were it not for his collaboration and support, Bobby Fischer's My
60 Memorable Games would never have been published. See pages 28-37.

**********************************************

GM Evans send me a copy of his note to the editor, which stated:
"Thought I'd have to die before my picture would grace the cover of
another chess mag."




wrote:
FISCHER ENDED SOVIET DOMINATION OF CHESS


(From "The Bobby Fischer That We Loved" by GM Larry Evans in Britain's
CHESS)

He asked me to be his second at the Mallorca Interzonal in 1970 as
well as his match with Petrosian at Buenos Aires in 1971. While there
I was on good terms with grandmaster Yuri Averbakh, Russia's long-time
delegate to FIDE, who described the impact of Bobby's victory in the
USSR: "At home they don't understand. They think it means there is
something wrong with our culture."

Retired colonel Edmondson went with us. I watched this proud man crawl
and cater to Bobby's every whim because he realized that victory would
be a boon for American chess.

I only saw Bobby a few more times after he won the title in 1972
because he started to distance himself from his old friends and dwell
in his own fantasy world.


wrote:

THE BOBBY FISCHER THAT WE LOVED

We just received word that this article by GM Larry Evans is in the
December 2007 issue of the British magazine CHESS. Subscribers are
in
for a treat.

Chess One wrote:

While you are here - can you suggest OMOV at USCF as a model? I'll interview
you! What single factor of it could have been improved?


Larry's version of "one man, one vote" is rather too literal. He means
that there is ONLY one man, and ONLY one vote (and you get ONE guess as
to who that one man would be).

--
Kenneth Sloan
Computer and Information Sciences +1-205-932-2213
University of Alabama at Birmingham FAX +1-205-934-5473
Birmingham, AL 35294-1170 http://KennethRSloan.com/

"Kenneth Sloan" wrote in message
...
Chess One wrote:

While you are here - can you suggest OMOV at USCF as a model? I'll
interview you! What single factor of it could have been improved?


Larry's version of "one man, one vote" is rather too literal. He means
that there is ONLY one man, and ONLY one vote (and you get ONE guess as to
who that one man would be).

Do you have your own question for the ECF, Ken?

USCF chess politics is a joke subject in Europe, and it would be sad to
represent to them all there is in the shrinking pool are personalities
clawing at each other.

In Europe, chess management is a different form of activity than
professional wrestling. This is largely true because requirements for
'membership' are more relaxed or even do not exist. You can get a rating
with 'joining' anything, for example.

I have my own questions about ratings and playing activities, eg, in a
country with 1/6th US population I think there are the same number of rated
games per year. It will be interesting to read responses if OTB rating is
likely to continue at that level, or are young players opting for such as
ICC?

Phil Innes


--
Kenneth Sloan
Computer and Information Sciences +1-205-932-2213
University of Alabama at Birmingham FAX +1-205-934-5473
Birmingham, AL 35294-1170 http://KennethRSloan.com/

Chess One wrote:
In Europe, chess management is a different form of activity than
professional wrestling. This is largely true because requirements
for 'membership' are more relaxed or even do not exist. You can get
a rating with 'joining' anything, for example.

*Without* joining anything. (A typo, I'm sure.)


Dave.

--
David Richerby Homicidal Shack (TM): it's like a
www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~davidr/ house in the woods but it wants to
kill you!

"David Richerby" wrote in message
...
Chess One wrote:
In Europe, chess management is a different form of activity than
professional wrestling. This is largely true because requirements
for 'membership' are more relaxed or even do not exist. You can get
a rating with 'joining' anything, for example.

*Without* joining anything. (A typo, I'm sure.)

yeah!

communist party membership is optional as either (a) secret membership or
(b) via fronting organisation, as is similarly the Young Conservative Think
Tank which also disguises its members' thinking to such degree as to deceive
outsiders to what goes on within.

But that's trending toward the American System... and the cousins are very
sensitve about other's opinion, so

.... see you in the draw thread, where good points are being made - but i
want to add something about not changing rules, but changing scoring of the
result of the game

if you got a question for ECF, continue here, since it won't be in Chess
Life. I have tried to interview USCF current board, even those who were for
it before the election, but silence continues to be the stern reply

i expect they prefer spin & lawyers to any new fangled thing such as a
gasp! open panel interview. whatever next!??

phil innes


Dave.

--
David Richerby Homicidal Shack (TM): it's
like a
www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~davidr/ house in the woods but it
wants to
kill you!