World chess championsips return-match against Bobby Fisher: The game -- Flambers Drugstore

[ Show ]

Support VoyForums

[ Shrink ]

VoyForums Announcement: Programming and providing support for this service has been a labor of love since 1997. We are one of the few services online who values our users' privacy, and have never sold your information. We have even fought hard to defend your privacy in legal cases; however, we've done it with almost no financial support -- paying out of pocket to continue providing the service. Due to the issues imposed on us by advertisers, we also stopped hosting most ads on the forums many years ago. We hope you appreciate our efforts.

Show your support by donating any amount. (Note: We are still technically a for-profit company, so your contribution is not tax-deductible.) PayPal Acct: Feedback:

Donate to VoyForums (PayPal):

[ Login ] [ Contact Forum Admin ] [ Main index ] [ Post a new message ] [ Search | Check update time | Archives: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 ]

[ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ]

Date Posted: Fri, July 24 2009, 6:32:08
Author: Asteria
Subject: World chess championsips return-match against Bobby Fisher: The game
In reply to: Asteria 's message, "World chess championsips return-match against Bobby Fisher: Preparation" on Fri, July 24 2009, 6:30:11

World chess championsips return-match
against Bobby Fisher: The game

From the plane we headed straight to playing,
All the chips already have been set;
Paparazzi to their oars are laying,
Taking pictures, thinking I�m upset.

But no man can ever put me down,
These reporters fuss for no reward -
Not my skill will help me win the crown:
This smart Fisher won�t stand a round
When he sees what happens on the board.

He is white - he�ll rush ahead, it�s clear;
He has never lost a game with white.
To E-4 he�s moved his pawn. Oh, dear!
Once I saw that move - so it�s all right.

What to do? I blindly feel the road
With my hands like in the woods at night...
Seems to me, the king leaps like a toad
Left and right as well as backward - forward,
And the shape of L is for the knight.

To my workshop friend I�m so grateful -
How to bid and deal he had explained.
I was stunned but it turned out later,
That a classic opening I played!

I�m alert - his menace never passes,
Yes, the chef was right - imagine if
We replace these pieces with wine glasses,
Then he�ll see who is a real chief!

Now his fork�s impending, harsh and mortal,
Wants to eat my queen - I�ll let him try...
Such a snack! It just demands a bottle,
But it�s banned - the match is bone dry!

Tea and eggs are not in my good graces;
I am starving, but it�s all they gave...
Squares grin at me with ugly faces,
I confuse these silly kings with aces
And a knight I�m taking for a knave!

It�s beginners� luck - I am attacking,
Taking risks, I�m taking all I can...
I will win by checking and forechecking,
He�ll be down if I crown my men!

I am shilly-shally - it�s a folly!
I�ve to strike a blow, not to sway...
What to use? A rook? It�s kind of early;
Maybe then a hook? It�s kind of surly,
Since it is the first game that we play.

Quashing my defense - that�s what his aim is;
And he breaks my Indian in a flash;
It reminds me vaguely of that famous
Indo-Pakistani border clash!

Started playing tricks this phony Fisher:
Jumping, whistling, twisting... What the heck!?
Wants to win my rook just for a bishop,
He�s afraid of me, a treacherous ill-wisher,
�Cause I press three hundred on my back!

I must add more vim, he soon will splinter!
And my odds are high as all have seen...
Training hard, in chess a pawn turns into
Any piece but, mostly, a queen.

Stop your jokes, Fisher, hold your horses;
You may only break your neck, instead...
If his checking brings me heavy losses,
I can jab him with my heavy crosses,
And my knight will move - right on his head!

I assessed his slim and weakly figure,
And as soon as he announced: �Check!�
I displayed the biceps of a digger,
Hung my blazer on the chair�s back.

Silence fell. The audience was waiting,
I began to rise and this he saw -
He at once forgot about mating
And this Fisher with his starry rating
Promptly said: �OK, the game�s a draw!�

[ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ]