R.I.P.
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1931 - 2016
>>68168714
>somehow didn't recognize who this was
>go to chess.com
>it was Korchnoi
F
>Muhammad Ali gets a RIP thread
>While Korchnoi, the greatest professional player in the history of any game, doesnt.
Christ...
>>68169071
>chess
>a sport
>>68169071
>E-sports
>>68168714
fuck
i thought he will live forever, dude was like 102 in 2000 already
rip
>I remember fondly one conversation I had a few years back with Boris Spassky. We were discussing 'THE' Victor Korchnoi ('Victor the Terrible' to many).
>Boris and Victor had been bitter adversaries for more than 40 years at the time of this conversation, and they had played more than 60 times in official competitions..(including 2 candidates finals)... only Karpov can boast to have played Victor more times.
>Boris, at one point, came up with the incredible statement that Korchnoi had every quality necessary to become world champion BUT lacked ONE very essential quality...and it was precisely this quality that prevented him from attaining chess' highest title.
>I coaxed Boris on...He began to list Korchnoi's many qualities:
>Killer Instinct (nobody can even compare with Victor's 'gift')
>Phenomenal capacity to work (both on the board and off the board)
>Iron nerves (even with seconds left on the clock)
>Ability to Calculate (maybe only Fischer was better in this department)
>Tenacity and perseverance in Defense (unmatched by anyone)
>The ability to counterattack (unrivaled in chess history)
>Impeccable Technique (Flawless, even better than Capa's)
>Capacity to concentrate (unreal)
>Impervious to distractions during the game
>Brilliant understanding of strategy
>Superb tactian (only a few in history an compare with Victor)
>Possessing the most profound opening preparation of any GM of his generation
>Subtle Psychologist
>Super-human will to win (matched only by Fischer)
>Deep knowledge of all of his adversaries
>Enormous energy and self-discipline
>Then Boris stopped, and just looked at me, begging for me to ask the question that needed to be asked....
>I asked: 'But, Boris, what does Victor lack to become world champion?'
>Boris' answer floored me:
>''He has no chess talent!''
>And then he roared with laughter...
>>68168714
Who cares about this shit, maybe we will make threads when someone of dota players will die.
Also, who is /a/nime here?
2016 just keeps on hitting lads.
RIP Bobby Fisher
>>68175657
Anyone got the death toll list of 2016 thus far?
Why this isn't sticky??
Mods do your job!!
>>68171894
Top lel.
Also, F
