14-11-2013, 02:25 AM
Phil,
Do you mean physically or mentally tired or a combination of both? Physically I understand (like Fischer) they both prize physical fitness and work out in the gym, play sports etc virtually every day.
Mentally, have they got the toughness of Botvinnik that will sit at the board for ever, only leaving to find his opponent to inform him that is his turn to move (the mark of a gentleman that respected at all times the game and his opponents). I am certain they both have although today there were tentative signs towards the end of the game that nerves were beginning to kick in.
I think both the contestants have great qualities in mental and physical strength. I feel this could go down to the wire.
Do you mean physically or mentally tired or a combination of both? Physically I understand (like Fischer) they both prize physical fitness and work out in the gym, play sports etc virtually every day.
Mentally, have they got the toughness of Botvinnik that will sit at the board for ever, only leaving to find his opponent to inform him that is his turn to move (the mark of a gentleman that respected at all times the game and his opponents). I am certain they both have although today there were tentative signs towards the end of the game that nerves were beginning to kick in.
I think both the contestants have great qualities in mental and physical strength. I feel this could go down to the wire.