Finding Bobby Fischer: Chess Interviews

255 Pages·1994·4.307 MB·English

by  Dirk jan Ten Geuzendam

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Foreword
by WorClhda mpioGna rrKya sparov
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Contents
1 Bibloefsth e Best 11
Dr.M eindeNrite meijer 13
'Yofuorr emost urbgele o vsfeho torhu belo do k'
Tim Krabbe 20
TheK inogfC hesCsu riosities
GarrKya sparov 28
'Thdeu toyfa W orldC hampiiosnn o otn ltyop lagya mes,a lbsuot
toe xpltaoit nhp eu blwihcyh ei sw inning'
LevP olugaevsky 33
'Ninpeetcrye notfa lclh ebsoso ksy ouc aonp eantp agoen ea ndt hen
immediactleoalsgyea fioner v e'r
MikhaBiolt vinnik 36
'Thisn omstao yu nmdo desbtut,th fei rtshtr veoel umoefms y
collegcatmeedas r ree quirreeadd ing'
Anatoly Karpov 42
'tIh itnhkat thq eu aloifct hye bsoso kwsa sm ucbhe ttienfr o rmer
times'
JanTimman 47
'Kaspabroovo'sk asrt eh bee satsf, a ars h iglhe vaenla lyasrees
concerned'
2 MemorablMeo ments 53
ViktoKro rtchnoi 55
'hIa vaev eryh igohp iniotnhn eeo wfS ovileeta dership'
VlastimHiolr t 67
'SometwihmeeInsa ms aIdg oo uatn db uyaR ude Pravo'
BoriSsp assky 74
'lI iktoep lawyi tthh hea nds'
SvetozGalri goric 82
'Everybiosfd oyYr u goslavia'
LajoPso rtisch 92
'aIl wahyasdt op ayah eavpyr iwchee Ind idntf'lolomwy p rinciples'
MigueNla jdorf 102
'Doy ouw anttoh eaarb eautsitfuolry ?'
BentL arsen 110
'To iwsti hnme a itnh ing'
VassilSym yslov 123
'nItuitiismo unc mho riem porttahnaktnn owledge'
3 Karsparov 135
AnatoKlayr pov 137
TheC ollector
GarrKya sparov 142
'gIu estsh aIat m c ontinFuiisncghfi egrh'st '
GarrKya sparov 155
'Sometshtirnagin gshea ppeniincn hge ss'
GarrKya sparov 163
'I'nmo gto intgoc ompromise'
AnatoKlayr pov 167
'KaspaSrohv,o arntd K eenaen ,i cceo mpany'
GarrKya sparov 176
'dIo ntt hitnhkaa tm atcbhe twemeean n dK arpoivso fa nyi nterest'
AnatoKlayr pov 183
'NoIwc ans atyh aIat m t hbee sptla yeorft hmeo ment'
4 Younga ndC hallenging 191
VladimiKrr amnik 193
'Icnh etshsme o sitmp ortathnitni gsh aviennge rgy'
ViswanatAhnaann d 202
'Thseayty h Eem periosir nB eijiBnugtt. h earer meo untains'
5 TheQ ueenosf C hess 215
XieJun 217
'Yomua yt hitnhkse ky i sh igbhu,tt h eisr ael wasyosm ething
hightehrat nh seky '
JudiPto lgar 227
'sIo rotff eetlh aImt a kseo mpee ophlapep ya ndt haatn 'isc fee eling'
6 FindiBnogb byF ischer 239
BobbyF ischer 241
'I'nmo gto intgog ivyeo uan i ntveirew'
GarrKya sparov 248
'Ijtus'stv ersya tdh at asg urcehpa laty eirsl iviinns gu cmhe ntmails ery'
Index 252