[LAU] chess music

[Ricardus Vincente]

On Thu, 2011-02-24 at 12:27 -0500, Joe Hartley wrote:
> On Thu, 24 Feb 2011 22:26:35 +0530
> Rustom Mody <rustompmody at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> > Something curious...
> > http://jonathanwstokes.com/2011/02/14/chess-music/
> 
> This is fascinating, thanks for posting it!  I'm a big fan of board 
> games, and while I know how to play chess, it's always resisted my
> efforts to become anything other than mediocre at it.
> 
> What fascinates me is how different the old master games sound when
> compared to the Fischer/Spassky game.  It seems fitting given the
> wild style of play Fischer was known for.  It just seems right that
> his game gives a much more atonal melody.

 Also, I spent some time studying that Morphy game in detail about 10
years ago, and another difference between the Morphy game, and the other
two, is that Morphy's opponent was a much weaker player. The other two
games are played by more evenly matched grandmaster level players.

 Best,
 Ricardus...