Boris Spasskij

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Boris Spasskij

Boris Vasiljevitsj Spasskij (f. 1937) er ein russisk-fransk sjakkspelar, verdsmeister i sjakk frå 1969 til 1972.


Opphavleg tekst:
«I loved Paul Petrovitch with a kind of special, filial feeling. Honesty, correctness, discipline, diligence, astonishing modesty – these were the characteristics that caught the eye of the people who came into contact with Keres during his lifetime. But there was also something mysterious about him. I had an acute feeling that Keres was carrying some kind of a heavy burden all through his life. Now I understand that this burden was the infinite love for the land of his ancestors, an attempt to endure all the ordeals, to have full responsibility for his every step. I have never met a person with an equal sense of responsibility. This man with internally free and independent character was at the same time a very well disciplined person. Back then I did not realise that it is discipline that largely determines internal freedom. For me, Paul Keres was the last Mohican, the carrier of the best traditions of classical chess and – if I could put it this way – the Pope of chess. Why did he not become the champion? I know it from personal experience that in order to reach the top, a person is thinking solely of the goal, he has to forget everything else in this world, toss aside everything unnecessary – or else you are doomed. How could Keres forget everything else?»

Informasjon
Opphav: Boris Spasskij
Kontekst: Tidlegare verdsmeister i sjakk Boris Spasskij i memoara sine.
Stikkord
sjakk
Paul Keres
tradisjonar
tradisjonsbering
danning
pave
den siste mohikanaren
«For meg var Paul Keres den siste mohikanaren, beraren av dei beste tradisjonane i klassisk sjakk og, om eg kan seia det slik, paven av sjakk.»


«For meg var Paul Keres den siste mohikanaren, beraren av dei beste tradisjonane i klassisk sjakk og, om eg kan seia det slik, paven av sjakk.»