Karpov en la actualidad es un diputado en el parlamento ruso. Goza de dinero, fama y estatus social en base a no hacer ni decir nada contrario a lo que le gusta al tirano. Se ha puesto a su servicio. Una postura miserable y despreciable que le hace moralmente complice de los crimenes del dictador. Kasparov, por el contrario intento oponerse a la dictadura y hacer lo posible por avanzar hacia la democracia en rusia. Eso le honra. Lamentablemente eso le costo la carcel y el exilio de rusia. Como le cuesta a cualquier hombre de bien. A mi me recuerda el caso de Diogenes y Platon en la antigua grecia. Platon le dijo a diogenes. Mira hombre, un filosofo como tu no tendria que alimentarse de hiervas si se pusiera al servicio de los poderosos. Y Diogenes le contesto. Y tu si comieras hiervas no tendrias que ponerte al servicio de un tirano. Por lo que a mi respecta prefiero a kasparov que a karpov y a diogenes a platon. No es verdad?
Fischer would have beaten Karpov by about the same score (4 games), because he was rated almost 100 points above Karpov. And even though Fischer had not played competitively in 3 years, he would have have prepared himself just like he did from 1968-1970 when he didn’t play, but then when he decided to play, he was virtually unbeatable. Was Fischer afraid of losing, yes, just like he was afraid of losing to Spassky, but he prepared and destroyed the best players of that era. Oh and by the way, Petrosian beat Korchnoi 5.5/4.5 in 1971 then lost to Fischer 6.5/2.5 for those who think Korchnoi could have beaten Fischer. Korchnoi gave Karpov trouble in 1978 for those of you who think Karpov could have beaten Fischer even in 1978.
I am proud of both you and Anna as a Swedish person. I am 38 years old, has never played chess. But recently I struggled with pretty severe insomnia and one morning I stumbled upon Anna´s channel I just fell in love with the dynamic of your whole family, but mostly between you and Anna. That same night/morning I watched a rerun of a match you commented and was sold. I don´t know if I am ever going to start playing my self, but I truly, truly think that if there are anyone who can take chess to the next level in the Swedish society it is you and Anna. If you and her acted as live comments during a tournament, kind of like in the UFC follow more than one game at a time (couple of minutes in each at a time and switch back and forth) I could see tens of thousands watching live. It would be so awesome. I didn´t want to comment about looks, but can not help it, it is obvious where Anna got hers from. Juan has two beautiful ladies in his life. Lucky man.
