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George Duke wrote on Thu, Nov 10, 2016 07:54 PM UTC:

Fischer-Spassky 1972 was for 24 games, Capablanca-Lasker 1921 at Cuba 24 games, and Bourdonnais-McConnell 1834 London 100 games. World Title is a watered-down thing since they only play 12 games, and two wins should be enough for the prize, three at most -- Matches and Chess_Games.

Carlsen's name in above list of tournaments appears twice, compared to Lasker, Botvinnik, and Steinitz 6 or 7 title tries and defenses.

Rules. Rabelais' narrative in 'Gargantua' Book V a few years after Chess added strong Bishop and Queen about 1492, is as clear and unambiguous as many a modern Chess Variant rules-set. Queen Whims of course is representative of CVs or do-as-you-will, as opposed to regimentation and orthodoxy. Notice in Chapter 25, linked in last comment here, Queen Whims vanishes at the end but not dies.

Education then and now. And How Rome Fell and why.


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