tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4874057224167803268.post3675993522992525718..comments2023-09-17T15:17:17.043+03:00Comments on skakistiko.blogspot.com: Μέρες του '72Schrödinger's Cathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09258507205105375713noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4874057224167803268.post-70671117138740043762007-12-13T17:20:00.000+02:002007-12-13T17:20:00.000+02:00To keimeno tou George Steiner exei ekdothei se viv...To keimeno tou George Steiner exei ekdothei se vivlio: Fields of Force: Fischer and Spassky at Reykjavik <BR/><BR/>Antigrafw mia apo tis kritikes tou amazon:<BR/>George Steiner is a critic whose reputation is the subject of considerable controversy, chiefly over the question of whether he knows as much as he leads his readers to believe he does. He is, as well, the author of the cringe-inducing novel, The Portage to San Cristobel of A.H., in which he, one assumes accidentally, makes Adolph Hitler something of a sympathetic character. This book, which he appears to be long out of print, is rather a curiosity, but one that invokes both these controversies at least tangentially. Published as The Sporting Scene: White Knights of Reykjavik in Britain, it collects Mr. Steiner's New Yorker coverage of the notorious Fischer/Spassky World Chess Championship of 1972. The author does manage to give the impression that he knows more about chess than any man who's ever lived, and that Fischer and Spassky would have been hard pressed to beat him. He is also, understandably, fascinated by the horrible behavior, cheap gamesmanship, egomania, and greed of Bobby Fischer. It could not have been known at the time just how disturbed Mr. Fischer really was--or perhaps he was not yet truly insane--but reading about him in retrospect it's clear that everyone, including Mr. Steiner, cut him way too much slack. It is sort of creepy to watch as Mr. Fischer, an exploiter himself, is exploited for his entertainment value even as alarms should have been going off somewhere about how unbalanced his mind was. <BR/><BR/>At any rate, the book succeeds as sports reportage, capturing the manic nature of the confrontation, the Cold War atmospherics surrounding it, and something of the tortured personality of Bobby Fischer. It's richly illustrated with game positions, but an appendix with notations of the actual games would have been useful. David Edmonds and John Eidinow wrote Bobby Fischer Goes to War: How the Soviets Lost the Most Extraordinary Chess Match of All Time just a couple years ago and it has probably supplanted this book's place as regards the topic, but this one still seems worth reading if for no other reason that Mr. Steiner was there to experience the tumultuous match personally. <BR/><BR/>To link gia to vivlio: http://www.amazon.com/Fields-Force-Fischer-Spassky-Reykjavik/dp/0670311782Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4874057224167803268.post-55584254255482053102007-12-13T12:05:00.000+02:002007-12-13T12:05:00.000+02:00Έχω δει δεκάδες φωτογραφίες από το ματς,τη συγκεκρ...Έχω δει δεκάδες φωτογραφίες από το ματς,τη συγκεκριμένη δεν την ήξερα. Πολύ καλή η "περίληψη".Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4874057224167803268.post-34716211526159994572007-12-13T10:33:00.000+02:002007-12-13T10:33:00.000+02:00Υπαρχει καποιο κειμενο του Steiner για αυτο το μα...Υπαρχει καποιο κειμενο του Steiner για αυτο το ματς.Το εχει κανεις διαβασει?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4874057224167803268.post-12258303782289047792007-12-13T00:02:00.000+02:002007-12-13T00:02:00.000+02:00Τα στοιχεία της δημοσίευσης είναι φυσικά παραπάνω ...Τα στοιχεία της δημοσίευσης είναι φυσικά παραπάνω από γνωστά στους σκακιστές (φρόντισα μόνο η συγκεκριμένη φωτογραφία να μην είναι από τις γνωστές του ματς). <BR/><BR/>Έκρινα όμως, ότι μια επιγραμματική περίληψη της ατμόσφαιρας, ίσως δώσει το έναυσμα για κάποια συζήτηση (η συμμετοχή είναι πάντα ευπρόσδεκτη), αλλά -ακόμη περισσότερο- ίσως παρουσιάζει ενδιαφέρον για αρκετούς από τους επισκέπτες μας, που περνούν τακτικά από το blog και τυχαίνει να μην είναι σκακιστές...Schrödinger's Cathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09258507205105375713noreply@blogger.com