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Fischer versus Women
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| Sam Sloan 2005-04-24, 8:38 pm |
| On 23 Apr 2005 07:56:03 -0700, "parrthenon@cs.com" <parrthenon@cs.com>
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>"Women are weakies. I can give knight odds to any woman in the world."
>- Bobby Fischer in 1962.
Fischer has been much maligned for his statement that he could beat
any woman in the world at knight odds. However, at the time he made
this statement he probably could have defeated the woman's world
champion at knight odds.
That all changed the same year however when Nona Gaprindashvili became
woman's world champion. Gaprindashviili was vastly better than her
predecessors. By winning the wortld championship match 9-2 she showed
that she was more than 200 points stronger than her predecessor.
Before Gaprindashvili, the best two women in the world were Bikova and
Rudenko. Both of them were only about 2200 strength. I would not have
been willing to bet any significant amount on money on either of them
to beat Fischer at knight odds. At five minute chess, Fischer would
have wiped them out at those odds. Perhaps in a four hour game, they
might have had a chance against Fischer at knight odds.
Nowadays there are hundreds of women who are better than the woman
world champions were prior to 1962.
Sam Sloan
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| Steve Grant 2005-04-24, 8:38 pm |
| "Sam Sloan" <sloan@ishipress.com> wrote in message
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quote:
> On 23 Apr 2005 07:56:03 -0700, "parrthenon@cs.com" <parrthenon@cs.com>
> wrote:
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> Fischer has been much maligned for his statement that he could beat
> any woman in the world at knight odds. However, at the time he made
> this statement he probably could have defeated the woman's world
> champion at knight odds.
>
> That all changed the same year however when Nona Gaprindashvili became
> woman's world champion. Gaprindashviili was vastly better than her
> predecessors. By winning the wortld championship match 9-2 she showed
> that she was more than 200 points stronger than her predecessor.
>
> Before Gaprindashvili, the best two women in the world were Bikova and
> Rudenko. Both of them were only about 2200 strength. I would not have
> been willing to bet any significant amount on money on either of them
> to beat Fischer at knight odds. At five minute chess, Fischer would
> have wiped them out at those odds. Perhaps in a four hour game, they
> might have had a chance against Fischer at knight odds.
>
> Nowadays there are hundreds of women who are better than the woman
> world champions were prior to 1962.
In an appearance on the Tonight Show in 1972, shortly after winning the WC,
Fischer was entirely gracious in his assessment of Gaprindashvili's
strength, calling her "a very fine player." Nothing about knight odds; in
fact, no condescension whatsoever.
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| Peter van der Hoog 2005-04-24, 8:38 pm |
| "Sam Sloan" <sloan@ishipress.com> schreef in bericht
news:426bb43c.23193109@ca.news.verio.net...[vbcol=seagreen]
> On 23 Apr 2005 07:56:03 -0700, "parrthenon@cs.com" <parrthenon@cs.com>
> wrote:
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Have a look at my website: http://www.dmv.demon.nl/newpage0.html, which is
dedicated towards Fischer versus Women.
Peter van der Hoog
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| I'm showing my ignorane here, but what does "Knight Odds" mean??
GC
"Sam Sloan" <sloan@ishipress.com> wrote in message
news:426bb43c.23193109@ca.news.verio.net...
quote:
> On 23 Apr 2005 07:56:03 -0700, "parrthenon@cs.com" <parrthenon@cs.com>
> wrote:
>
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> Fischer has been much maligned for his statement that he could beat
> any woman in the world at knight odds. However, at the time he made
> this statement he probably could have defeated the woman's world
> champion at knight odds.
>
> That all changed the same year however when Nona Gaprindashvili became
> woman's world champion. Gaprindashviili was vastly better than her
> predecessors. By winning the wortld championship match 9-2 she showed
> that she was more than 200 points stronger than her predecessor.
>
> Before Gaprindashvili, the best two women in the world were Bikova and
> Rudenko. Both of them were only about 2200 strength. I would not have
> been willing to bet any significant amount on money on either of them
> to beat Fischer at knight odds. At five minute chess, Fischer would
> have wiped them out at those odds. Perhaps in a four hour game, they
> might have had a chance against Fischer at knight odds.
>
> Nowadays there are hundreds of women who are better than the woman
> world champions were prior to 1962.
>
> Sam Sloan
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| dwacon 2005-04-25, 12:36 am |
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"Sam Sloan" <sloan@ishipress.com> wrote in message
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> Fischer has been much maligned for his statement that he could beat
> any woman in the world at knight odds. However, at the time he made
> this statement he probably could have defeated the woman's world
> champion at knight odds.
Now that he is hiding like a Punk in Iceland, we'll never know...
--
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| Peter van der Hoog 2005-04-27, 12:35 am |
| "Sam Sloan" <sloan@ishipress.com> schreef in bericht
news:426bb43c.23193109@ca.news.verio.net...[vbcol=seagreen]
> On 23 Apr 2005 07:56:03 -0700, "parrthenon@cs.com" <parrthenon@cs.com>
> wrote:
>
Have a look at my website: http://www.dmv.demon.nl/newpage0.html, which is
dedicated towards Fischer versus Women.
Peter van der Hoog
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