I can't beleive I didn't know....

[Carolus Rex]

Ok, ok.

I don't like his style of play. He was (is?) considered a bore on the board, which (I suspect) is why finbar chose "Spassky opening". It adds to the Bergman atmosphere...

Carolus

[DrSpike]

Spassky was not a bore! He was a great attacking player. If you wanted a 'bore' Petrosian (who Spassky beat to become world champion) would have been a better choice.

[Carolus Rex]

Hm, maybe my memory is failing me, but I seem to remember that he was considered a bore. Maybe that feat was attributed to his personality and not his style of play? It certainly would appear so in comparison with Bobby Fischer...

Carolus

[Carolus Rex]

Who, admittedly, was an odd bird himself and didn't win any popularity contests either...

Carolus

[DrSpike]

I think it's certainly true that compared to Fischer (on and off the board) most people are pretty sedate.

[finbar]

A Swede and a Brit going each other over the relative merits of chess players. And economists to boot. I think I've now seen it all in this forum.

Oh, and for what it's worth, Ingmar Rex, I did deliberately choose Boris.

[finbar]

Originally posted by DrSpike
Spassky was not a bore! He was a great attacking player. If you wanted a 'bore' Petrosian (who Spassky beat to become world champion) would have been a better choice.

I'd prefer it if you said "whom Spassky beat", thanks. For goodness sake, I've already explained the difference to rah.

[Hydey]

Originally posted by finbar


Turn it up, Hydey, you've been known to quote reams from The Virgin Spring at the cricket club bar after a couple of slabs.

I try to never mention virgins at the cricket club