QUIZ4

***** Quiz 4 *****

ICC Chess History and Trivia Quiz #4 -- by Naisortep

The idea is implanted:
    "Gligoric:...Do you know that as World Champion you are a member of 
     the FIDE Central Committee?
    Fischer:Oh,is that right?I haven't thought about it.
    Gligoric:Yes, you are a member of the Central Committe now.Will you 
    have any suggestions for the future system of the World 
    Championship competition, do you know?
    Fischer:I don't know.I really shouldn't say anything too 
    definitely, you know, because I'll keep my options.I want to play a 
    lot of chess and I like to play matches.I want to play a lot of     
    matches, you know;the money is there.It's a question of money, not  
   a question of waiting three years --it's a long time, a very long    
   time."[Chess Life & Review,January, 1973
Executed:
    "... a very important matter.The official world championship occurs 
    only once in three years.Temporary form, or team preparation, or    
    luck should not be permitted to determine the result.The World      
    Champion should be the world's best player, and a long match is     
    necessary to reach a just result with nearly absolute certainty.For 
    this reason I propose that the match be won by the first player to  
    win ten games, with no limit on the total number played             
    ...Throughout my career I have always insisted on optimal           
    conditions for participation in chess competitions.I will not       
    compromise on this principle..."[Cable from Bobby Fischer to FIDE]
Opposed:
    "We must show that FIDE is strong!Don't fall into Fischer's trap!"
                                                  [Vega Fernandez,Cuba]
    "Fischer is not here.He feels he is more important than FIDE."
                                                  [Dorazil,Austria]
    "To be or not to be?Now we must decide:for FIDE or Fischer?"
                                             [Munoz,Dominican Republic]
    "We don't want to be dictated to!
                                                    [Baturinsky,USSR]
     
  "...We have decided to limit the length of the match.."
                             [Roll call at FIDE congress] 
and concluded:
    "As I made clear in my telegram to the FIDE delegates,the match     
    conditions I proposed were non-negotiable...Mr.Cramer informs me    
    that the rules...were rejected by the FIDE Delegates.By so doing    
    FIDE has decided against my participation in the 1975 World Chess   
    Championship.I therefore resign my FIDE World Chess Champion title. 
    Sincerely, Bobby Fischer"
    [Cablegram of June 27,1974 to Dr.M Euwe, FIDE presisdent]

Anniversaries this week:
9/3 Start of the German Championship Tournament at Leipzig.Won by 
Tarrasch(1894)
9/4 Start of international tournament at Varna.Won by Simagin(1966)
Birthdates(*)Michael Stean(1953)
Deaths(+)Fedor Bohatirchuk(1984)
9/5 Start of international tournament at Budapest.Won by Alekhine(1921)
*John Watson(1951)
9/6 Start of the first Alekhine-Bogoljubow World Championship 
match.Alekhine won 11-5 with 9 draws(1929)
*John Grefe(1947)Zoltan Ribli(1951)
+William Napier(1952)
9/7 Start of the international tournament at Gotha.Won by 
Bronstein(1957)
* Andre Philidor(1726)Johannes Zukertort(1842)Sergi Kudrin(1959)
9/8 Tarrasch first at Manchester over Blackburne, Bird and 
Mackenzie(1890)
*H.Rosetto(1922)
9/9 Start of Tchigorin Memorial Tournament at Sochi.(1967)
*Edwin Bhend(1931)

CHESS TRIVIA QUESTION (Message Naisortep with answers):Who said "The 
chess public sees the grandmasters as if in an oblique mirror.So I am 
condsidered to be too cautious,while in fact I try only to avoid 
danger."?

ANSWER AND WINNERS OF LAST WEEKS QUIZ: A Cuban Diplomat -- 
Congratulations -- Papaduck,Verlager, Dondo, Don Pedro, Ankhar, Servo, 
medinfo, Howardroark, Tolya, GBPacker, Book, Crab, Mazetakos and 
Neruda.( Neruda wins for the Third Time In A Row!)