>>I remember seeing (live, right there) the matches for the world championship between Bobby Fischer and Tigran Petrosian in Buenos Aires in 1971 (back when I was a chess player, as I gave it up in 1976 when I learned to play GO and never looked back :) > >I was playing a Flight Z event in some New York tournament back in the late 60's. He was not entered in the Championship flight but came to the tourney anyway. The great sucking sound you heard was the air following all the players who ran to the skittles room when they heard HE was there. I lost quickly and went to watch. He was analyzing a game with some 16 year old "B" player who reacted as if he were having a religious experience. > >I had my worst "gee, you ARE old" experience some time in the mid 90's. We were talking about charisma and I related the effect of Bobby Fischer walking into the tournament hall. "Bobby WHO????"
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