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| Oct-22-13 | | MrJafari: It was so strange for me to see great Fischer resigned this way!(maybe it had had external reasons...) |
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| Oct-22-13 | | TheFocus: Well, he was only 12 years old. |
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| Oct-22-13 | | Granny O Doul: Obviously, Black realized too late that postal chess sucks. |
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| Oct-23-13 | | TheFocus: When Bobby withdrew from this postal tournament, he told Conger he was quitting to go win the world chess title. How many other 12 year olds could have set their sites that lofty? |
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Nov-04-13
 | | LIFE Master AJ: Fischer was not lost at the end ... |
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| Feb-24-14 | | Morphized: What... Stockfish says +0.20, that's no big deal, why did Fischer resign? |
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May-28-14
 | | Benzol: <TheFocus> Is there any chance of the game against Donald Reithel seeing the light of day? |
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| Apr-11-15 | | ALKINAN: <lentil: Correspondence chess is not for everyone.> you are right. |
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| Jun-22-15 | | waustad: Eel be remembered for this one. |
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| Jun-22-15 | | Tomlinsky: One elver short game. |
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| Jun-22-15 | | diceman: The Russians "fixed" the postal system! |
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| Aug-03-16 | | beenthere240: I played a postal tournament many years ago. Two of my opponents gave up out of boredom. When I clinched 1st, I offered my opponent, who was down a rook a draw simply so I could stop playing it. The problem is that the games consume your life and the pace is so glacial. |
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| Aug-03-16 | | diceman: <beenthere240:
The problem is that the games consume your life> That probably wouldn't have been a problem for Fischer. |
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| Aug-04-16 | | RookFile: This Nxd6 trick comes up a lot in the Benoni. It's not always good for white. |
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| Aug-04-16 | | beenthere240: I think for Fischer the amount of time spent on correspondence did not justify the meager ROI. My "reward" for finishing first was two pamphlets on openings. |
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| Feb-27-20 | | Delilah: All I can say is "Wow"! |
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Feb-27-20
 | | HeMateMe: The Conga line! |
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| Mar-01-20 | | goodevans: <Delilah: All I can say is "Wow"!> All I can say is "Why?" |
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| Mar-09-20 | | Pyrandus: I don't understand the "Conga line" expression. Sorry. |
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Mar-09-20
 | | keypusher: Pyrandus
https://lmgtfy.com/?q=conga+line |
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Mar-09-20
 | | perfidious: <Pyrandus>, the conga was a very popular line dance in USA in the 1930s, as well as the fifties. |
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| Apr-06-20 | | dhotts: The silicon says resigning is very premature (+0.5)...Maybe Bobby was being temperamental, had he stayed in the game there was plenty of play for him to EARN a win. |
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Feb-14-25
 | | FSR: <TheFocus: When Bobby withdrew from this postal tournament, he told Conger he was quitting to go win the world chess title. How many other 12 year olds could have set their sites that lofty?> Lots of 12-year-olds have dreamed of becoming world champion some day. For 99.999999% of them, the dream never comes close to fruition. At the time Conger probably thought, "Yeah, right. Dream on, kid." |
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Feb-17-25
| | FSR: Correspondence chess is very slow. A game can take a year or more. Most 12-year-olds, and most adults for that matter, don't have the patience for it. Fischer probably got a lot more enjoyment out of his blitz games, some of which were played against future stars like the Byrne brothers and Lombardy. |
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Feb-17-25
| | FSR: As for White's combination, it's mildly flashy but just liquidates the center, leaving White with no advantage. Sound and fury, signifying nothing. Indeed, White must play exactly to claim equality. Stockfish 17 gives 12...Qxd6 13.e5 Qd8! 14. exf6 exd5! 15.cxd5! (15.exf6?! Qxh4+ 16.g3 Re8+ is better for Black) Nd7! 16.fxg7! Qxh4+ 17.g3 Re8+ 18.Ne2 Qe7 19.O-O-O! c4! 20.Bxc4 Nb6 21.Bb5! Qc5+ 22.Nc3 Re3 23.Bd3 Nxd5 24.Rhe1=. Fischer didn't resign because he was lost. He probably resigned because he was bored with correspondence chess and figured there were better ways to improve his game. |
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