Chess Notation Converter: Chess Knight in Fiery Flames: The Big IF of the Century!

Book Review: My Great Predecessors Part V by Garry Kasparov
“…Kasparov makes a bad book even worse and wastes many pages trying to prove that Karpov would have defeated Fischer if they had played a match in 1975. That is impossible as Karpov is hopelessly weak against attacks by knights. That is why he persistently lost to Kasparov and that’s why Fischer would have won.”

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Mathematical Factoid: “I calculated Karpov's performance rating in 1974 and 1975. He actually underperformed in 1975 and his rating fell to 2695.👈😮 Karpov's improvement had clearly tapered off by the time he was supposed to face Fischer. Why is the model so confident in Fischer’s chances? It’s because of their ratings. Fischer was 2780, just a few points shy of his peak, while Karpov stood at 2705. A 75 point rating gap is not to be lightly dismissed.”

Karpov carefully plots…

Karpov makes his opening move…

The epic battle ensues…

Here we see Master Fischer's knight taking out Karpov's queen…

Here we see the mighty Fischer's knight, again, taking out Karpov's queen…

followed by master Bob craftily executing a swift unforeseen bishop intercept, hanging Karpov's knight out to dry after hours of profuse sweating.

Master Bob's crafty bishop hangs Karpov's knights out to dry after the hours of profuse sweating.

“Karpov had no chance of triumph against Fischer he could give him some fight but in the end Fischer would beat him!”
R. D. Cruz

“Karpov could've defeated Fischer in later years, probably.
But in 1975? I don't think so.”
P. B. Swapno

Maybe… possibly… but mathematically improbable because IF Fischer had knelt to the Soviet-controlled FIDE and played, he would have kept up with latest innovations and persisted in his over board decimation of all who crossed his path. The ailment plaguing Taimanov, Larsen, Petrosian, et al in 1971 was called “Fischer Fear” in the newspaper headlines, not “Fischer is fearful of a pipsqueak, wet under the ears newcomer of Soviet school”. Fischer consumed the Soviet school for breakfast, regurgitated it, and spoonfed it back to them.

…and here is Karpov, resolved to conquer the mighty Bob Fischer in order that he might defend the supremacy of the Soviet motherland and restore her to her former glory!

Anatoly Karpov Squares off with Robert James “Bobby” Fischer in 1975

and here we have the challenger Karpov at conclusion of Game #10 in the 1975 World Chess Championship conceding defeat…

“In the interview, Korchnoi contended that Karpov's “chess arsenal is very poor” and predicted that the 23‐year‐old Leningrad grandmaster would fare badly against Bobby Fischer in a world title match.”
NY Times, “Korchnoi Apologizes for Insult To Karpov”
“Fischer, who won the championship when he defeated Boris Spassky of the Soviet Union in 1972, has resigned his title in a dispute with the International Chess Federation. If he does not resolve his differences by April 1 Karpov probably will be declared world champion. The title match is supposed to be played next summer.”