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Dan Harrington won backgammon WC?

Posted By: happyjuggler0
Date: Saturday, 30 August 2008, at 4:53 p.m.

In Response To: Dan Harrington won backgammon WC? (Marty Storer)

The strongest speed chess player in the U.S. in 1970, and in the world, was Fischer, so this U.S. Speed Championship may indeed have been comparable to a U.S. Open which the likes of Fischer wouldn't deign to play in.

This is world class chess, in 1970 no less. A quote regarding Fischer in blitz chess, aka speed chess, aka (apparently) lightning chess:

Following the Match of the Century, the unofficial World Championship of Lightning Chess (5-minute games) was held at Herceg Novi. Fischer annihilated the super-class field with 19/22(+17=4-1), 4.5 points ahead of Tal

Sounds like a round robin format, so a +16 result is simply staggering against such a field. Ok, +16 is staggering in a swiss as well....

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