Grandes Momentos do Futebol
Meu interesse, que era pouco, no campeonato estadual converteu-se ao zero absoluto após a última diatribe entre Fluminense e Vasco. Episódio que me lembra, aliás, o famoso match entre Korchnoi e Petrosian, na semifinal dos Candidatos de 1974.
"One of the truly great one-liner punch outs of all times", como disse Jude Acers. E que ao contrário das bobagens que afloram neste aqui, até que teve um final feliz:
Korchnoi played beautifully to achieve three wins, one loss, and one draw in the first five games against Tigran Petrosian in Odessa, April 12-24, 1974. Just after the fourth game Tigran Petrosian went to the match committee and requested in writing that Victor Korchnoi be asked not to move his leg up and down beneath the table so much! It was just a Korchnoi nervous habit and did not seem to disturb anything really. No noise or offence intended probably. But Petrosian mentioned that Korchnoi had actually kicked him beneath the table while reaching out to make a move. Surely it was an accident....
Korchnoi knew absolutely nothing of Petrosian's complaint throughout the night, and it was only upon arriving for the fifth game that he was shocked by the formal request to quit moving his leg in a kicking motion beneath the table! Korchnoi was furious but did not say anything to his opponent, beginning to make moves against Petrosian in the fifth game.
You're not going to believe what happened next and at the worst possible moment. Petrosian, while shifting in the chair to adjust his hearing aid, kicked Victor Korchnoi accidentally! As match officials looked on with complete horror and silence. Everybody knew the match could explode any second.
Korchnoi, now thoroughly in flames, sat there for a second and found what has to be one of the truly great one-liner punch outs of all times... "Mister Petrosian, please look for your match chances above the chess table rather than below it."
É o que eu acho.
Petrosian explodiu, brigou, recusou-se a continuar o match, e ainda tentou alterar o resultado por meio de manobras políticas. Mas, em certas searas, o que acontece em cima do tabuleiro é sagrado.
"One of the truly great one-liner punch outs of all times", como disse Jude Acers. E que ao contrário das bobagens que afloram neste aqui, até que teve um final feliz:
Korchnoi played beautifully to achieve three wins, one loss, and one draw in the first five games against Tigran Petrosian in Odessa, April 12-24, 1974. Just after the fourth game Tigran Petrosian went to the match committee and requested in writing that Victor Korchnoi be asked not to move his leg up and down beneath the table so much! It was just a Korchnoi nervous habit and did not seem to disturb anything really. No noise or offence intended probably. But Petrosian mentioned that Korchnoi had actually kicked him beneath the table while reaching out to make a move. Surely it was an accident....
Korchnoi knew absolutely nothing of Petrosian's complaint throughout the night, and it was only upon arriving for the fifth game that he was shocked by the formal request to quit moving his leg in a kicking motion beneath the table! Korchnoi was furious but did not say anything to his opponent, beginning to make moves against Petrosian in the fifth game.
You're not going to believe what happened next and at the worst possible moment. Petrosian, while shifting in the chair to adjust his hearing aid, kicked Victor Korchnoi accidentally! As match officials looked on with complete horror and silence. Everybody knew the match could explode any second.
Korchnoi, now thoroughly in flames, sat there for a second and found what has to be one of the truly great one-liner punch outs of all times... "Mister Petrosian, please look for your match chances above the chess table rather than below it."
É o que eu acho.
Petrosian explodiu, brigou, recusou-se a continuar o match, e ainda tentou alterar o resultado por meio de manobras políticas. Mas, em certas searas, o que acontece em cima do tabuleiro é sagrado.
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