[chessmind] Dennis Monokroussos: Quotation Time #12

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Posted by Dennis Monokroussos:
Quotation Time #12
http://chessmind.powerblogs.com/posts/1213564027.shtml


   Here's a fun one:

     Word was getting around about Bobby Fischer. From the first rumors
     of a talented kid from Brooklyn, he was now appearing regularly at
     the speed tournaments, and getting progressively better scores. At
     one point, however, I had beaten him four times in a row, and he
     cried at least once, revealing the depth of his intensity for the
     game. But one night at the Marshall Chess Club rapids we played a
     French Defense and a very peculiar thing happened. In the middle of
     the game Bobby made a strong move and I suddenly had an almost
     physical sense of the power emanating from it. And Bobby moved
     again with the same effect; it was as if he was playing with
     dynamic rays of force that I had a heightened sensitivity to. It
     happened once more, and my position was busted, as the coffee house
     players would say. I never won another game from Bobby, and I
     wonder if any other players have had this experience while opposing
     him.

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