March 31, 2005

Caro-Kann't

Writing in the Guardian about his meeting with Bobby Fischer in Iceland, Stephen Moss observes:
Already, said one paper last week, after two days of citizenship, he is the second most famous Icelander after Björk. And I bet Björk can't play the Caro-Kann defence.
Which is an odd thing to say, really, because Fischer's no expert on the subject either. In all his years playing chess Fischer never once played the Caro-Kann defence.

1 Comments:

At April 25, 2005 5:39 pm, Blogger Fist said...

But then, Fischer never once played the Queen's Gambit until the match in 72, and turned out he was quite the expert after all.

 

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