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Bonsai God Member Offline Posts: 622 Joined: 03/13/04 Gender:	Re: Suggest A good question for me to ask Spassky Reply #9 - 04/13/08 at 00:33:35	Post Tools	Print Post
	I guess if there was something in the closed sicilian you wanted to understand, he'd be one of the top people on this planet to ask. Or what about how one goes about defeating a player like Petrosian in a match?


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The_Shah YaBB Newbies Offline J'adore l'echecs! Posts: 44 Joined: 04/12/08	Re: Suggest A good question for me to ask Spassky Reply #8 - 04/12/08 at 22:18:04	Post Tools	Print Post
	If you look in one of the New In Chess Magazines, there was an article about him around pages 38-46. I can't remember which magazine, but I think it was one of the mid-2004 issues. This article may provide you with some interesting questions for him outside the subject of chess.


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TopNotch God Member Offline I only look 1 move ahead, but its always the best Posts: 2211 Joined: 01/04/03 Gender:	Re: Suggest A good question for me to ask Spassky Reply #7 - 04/12/08 at 17:52:49	Post Tools	Print Post
	OstapBender wrote on 04/12/08 at 15:58:36: TopNotch wrote on 04/12/08 at 14:20:14: Why didn't he play the Kings Gambit more often in his career. Certainly not meant as an incendiary comment, given that you're such a big King's Gambit fan yourself! No comment Toppy

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LeeRoth God Member Offline I love ChessPublishing.com! Posts: 1520 Joined: 10/22/05	Re: Suggest A good question for me to ask Spassky Reply #6 - 04/12/08 at 16:13:37	Post Tools	Print Post
	When is he going to finish his autobiography/great games collection?


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drkodos God Member Offline I see....stars. Posts: 778 Location: Jupiter, and beyond Joined: 03/29/07	Re: Suggest A good question for me to ask Spassky Reply #5 - 04/12/08 at 16:09:02	Post Tools	Print Post
	Boris Spassky is one of my favorites, but I doubt I would ask him any chess questions. There are other areas of his life that would be more fascinating to me to hear him expound upon. As a young man, Boris was quite the Lady Killer. I'd rather hear about some of these conquests than how he feels about the Kronstein scene in James Bond for the hundreth time. I am not a good fan(atic). Tales of Soviet Chess Groupies. Gropies? Grobies?

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Smyslov_Fan God Member Correspondence fan Offline Progress depends on the unreasonable man. ~GBS Posts: 6902 Joined: 06/15/05	Re: Suggest A good question for me to ask Spassky Reply #4 - 04/12/08 at 16:03:38	Post Tools	Print Post
	I would ask about his games against Tal and Bronstein. I would also ask for him to comment on Kasparov's coverage of his games against Karpov in *My Great Predecessors*. I would NOT ask about his matches with Fischer. He has already answered enough of those questions. Another interesting set of questions for Spassky would be: Which player(s) today most resemble his own style and philosophy of chess. and What would he most like to be remembered for in chess? (Or, what does he consider to be his greatest contribution to modern chess?)


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OstapBender God Member Offline There is no spoon. Posts: 1491 Location: not in Kansas anymore Joined: 10/16/04	Re: Suggest A good question for me to ask Spassky Reply #3 - 04/12/08 at 15:58:36	Post Tools	Print Post
	TopNotch wrote on 04/12/08 at 14:20:14: Why didn't he play the Kings Gambit more often in his career. Certainly not meant as an incendiary comment, given that you're such a big King's Gambit fan yourself!

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TopNotch God Member Offline I only look 1 move ahead, but its always the best Posts: 2211 Joined: 01/04/03 Gender:	Re: Suggest A good question for me to ask Spassky Reply #2 - 04/12/08 at 14:20:14	Post Tools	Print Post
	Ask him why he didn't play the Kings Gambit more often in his career. Toppy
	« Last Edit: 04/12/08 at 17:51:14 by TopNotch »
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Bibs God Member Offline Posts: 2342 Joined: 10/24/06	Re: Suggest A good question for me to ask Spassky Reply #1 - 04/12/08 at 13:52:29	Post Tools	Print Post
	what tennis racket does he use? what would his Gladiator name be? http://blogs.guardian.co.uk/organgrinder/2008/04/gladiators_ready.html


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FischerTal Senior Member Offline I Love Chess Books Posts: 307 Location: England Joined: 04/11/08	Suggest A good question for me to ask Spassky 04/12/08 at 13:36:22	Post Tools	Print Post
	I am going to see a lecture by Spassky soon, I am wondering about what question to ask him at the end. There's just so many One i'd like to ask is given he's played all the greats, especially BF, AK and GK which one was the strongest what was the different features of playing them. Or Why he agreed to play the 3rd game in a closed room in 1972 Maybe he'll mention these in the lecture. any other ideas of what to ask about?


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