Frase di Boris Spassky
[Dalla lettera al presidente George W. Bush, 8 luglio 2004]
Testo originale:
But Fischer's case is not usual. I am an old friend of Bobby since 1960 when we played in Mar-del-Plata and shared 1-2 places. Bobby is a tragic personality. I realized this at that time. He is an honest and good natured man. Absolutely not social. He is not adaptable to everybody's standards of life. He has a very high sense of justice and is unwilling to compromise as well as with his own conscience as with surrounding people. He is a person who is doing almost everything against himself. I would not like to defend or justify Bobby Fischer. He is what he is. I am asking only for one thing. For mercy, charity. If for some reason it is impossible, I would like to ask you the following: Please correct the mistake of President François Mitterand in 1992. Bobby and myself committed the same crime. Put sanctions against me also. Arrest me. And put me in the same cell with Bobby Fischer. And give us a chess set.
Breve biografia di Boris Spassky
Boris Vasilevic Spasskij nasce il 30 gennaio del 1937 a Leningrado (oggi San Pietroburgo). Impara a giocare a scacchi all'età di cinque anni su un treno che sta evacuando Leningrado durante la Seconda Guerra Mondiale.
Poco tempo dopo, a soli dieci anni, conquista l'attenzione degli addetti ai lavori quando sconfigge il campione...
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