Was he the goat?
>>68438797
>not Tal
>took down the Soviets single-handedly
Yes
>>68438840
Spassky was a bit of a spastic tho
>>68438832
>his parents were cousins
>had three fingers on the right hand
>during an operation, he would speak to the docs about chess until they put the anaesthesia mask on
>probably the perfect autist
He is a very strong candidate
>>68439296
memes aside he was one of the most exciting players to ever live
>>68439612
yep, I rly like studying his games. He played moved that were not right in the strict sense but still good enough to win the game.
In this respect he reminds me of Lasker.
>>68439931
Reminds me of Morphy too, he really played a lot like the greats of the Romantic era. He was out of place for his time but that just made him all the more great.
>>68438797
stop this
>>68440418
stop what, dear friend?
thanks for the OC btw, saved.
>>68440418
>phoneposter
>trying to shit up a thread
>have powerful brain
>use it to autistically become the best at a game
Fucking waste of intellectual capital if you ask me.
>>68440645
some (tho not all) chessmasters could have been good mathematicians.
i don't see why this would be an improvement.
