Codes collide. From Washington Square games to world titles. Same move. Best by test. Fischer came up in New York — from park games to proper clubs. Fast, loud, unforgiving. “Best by test” became gospel. But who did the testing? Probably Botvinnik (who ran a state-funded chess lab the size of a small country.)
Codes collide. From Washington Square games to world titles. Same move. Best by test. Fischer came up in New York — from park games to proper clubs. Fast, loud, unforgiving. “Best by test” became gospel. But who did the testing? Probably Botvinnik (who ran a state-funded chess lab the size of a small country.)