Will Klitschko Always Be The Chessmaster?
By Michael Woods
It was 4 AM on Saturday evening. It was actually Sunday morning, technically, but for Wladimir Klitschko it was Saturday night still. He was still up, still wound up, still wounded from hearing the boos at Madison Square Garden.
The true nature of his performance had set in, and the Ukrainian was none too pleased. He reached out to trainer Emanuel Steward, who had firmly exhorted him before the twelfth and final round of his consolidation fight to close the show, put a firm stamp on the evening, make up for the long pockets of inaction with a fiery climax.
I’m disappointed in myself, he told Manny. I should have pressed Sultan more, should have leapt on him more often, and not been so respectful of his counterpunching abilities. I’m sorry, Wlad said in so many words to his trainer and confidante.
Wladimir is a chess player, a cerebral—-maybe a tad too cerebral for a sport that often rewards split second reactions, over overlong contemplation–man who will wait with the patience of a cat to pounce. Problem is, a boxer, if he wants to make money, and put butts in seats, needs to know he is an entertainer. Throwing 29 punches a round, and spending the vast bulk of each round sizing up your foe, and waiting for that perfect opening, does not constitute entertainment for most of us. This is why you don’t have a flourishing pro chess league.
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That’s show business!
You need to give the fans what they want!
They want devistation and total defeat!
Click on me for an example…
Klitschko will never be a boxing fans favorite. His boxing style is one of the most boring ones that have ever existed. Actually, none of his fights have ever been exiting!! Because of his size and reach,, he spends all the rounds keeping his opponents at a distance and rarely actually gets into counterpunches. Sure, we all know he can punch….but he is as quick as a snail on a freezing day. Please Lennox, come out of retirement…the sport and the fans need you!!!
and here again i present the “chess player” Vladimir Klitschko’s chess competence… btw – WGM Paehtz played blindfolded, but even a patzler like me would have won blindfolded…
Paehtz,Elisabeth – Klitschko, Vladimir
Leipzig 2002
1.e4 b6 2.d4 Ba6 3.Bxa6 Nxa6 4.Nc3 Rb8 5.Nf3 Nf6 6.e5 Nh5 7.g4 Nf6 8.exf6 gxf6 9.Qe2 Bg7 10.Qxa6 Qc8 11.Qe2 c5 12.dxc5 Qxc5 13.Nh4 d6 14.Nf5 Bf8 15.Bh6 Bxh6 16.Qxe7# White mates 1:0
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Please: don’t talk about boxing champ’s chess abilities any longer (btw. as rumor has it, Lennox Lewis lost an ICC 15 min game of chess against Vladimir Klitschko!)
i agree to sugar ray chessman:
there is no business like show business!
LOL