On Thu, 2011-02-24 at 12:27 -0500, Joe Hartley wrote: > On Thu, 24 Feb 2011 22:26:35 +0530 > Rustom Mody <rustompmody@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > Something curious... > > http://jonathanwstokes.com/2011/02/14/chess-music/ > > This is fascinating, thanks for posting it! I'm a big fan of board > games, and while I know how to play chess, it's always resisted my > efforts to become anything other than mediocre at it. > > What fascinates me is how different the old master games sound when > compared to the Fischer/Spassky game. It seems fitting given the > wild style of play Fischer was known for. It just seems right that > his game gives a much more atonal melody. I'm not so sure that I agree with that. Fischer was a tremendously strong player with a strong middle game, and an attacking style. Those same words can be used to describe Paul Morphy. Both players preferred King's pawn openings. In the Fischer game, he had the white pieces in game 6, and C4 was player first, which was very uncharacteristic for Fischer. (I believe that was only the 3rd time he had ever done that in a big game). Play advances VERY differently depending upon which opening is chosen. I suspect that accounts for why his game sounds so different. C4 is not used much in general, by anyone. Typically E4 or D4 are played because they control more of the center of the board immediately. Best, Ricardus... _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-user mailing list Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.linuxaudio.org/listinfo/linux-audio-user
