The Province Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada Sunday, February 28, 1982 - Page 83
Chess: Psachis and the Games of Fischer
Psachis, was not a known player until he won last year's Soviet Championship.
His repeat victory firmly establishes him as one of the new generation of Soviet chess stars.
Apart from his enterprising play, Psachis has made a name for himself by virtue of the fact that he knows by heart every game played by Bobby Fischer. When this came to light, he responded by saying that this was nothing special, and that any serious chess player should have this knowledge. He might be right, but it is doubtful whether anyone else in the world has considered Fischer's play so carefully. It certainly hasn't done Psachis any harm, as his rating of 2585 at age 22 demonstrates. Perhaps the only consoling thought for we mortals is that, while the industrious new Soviet champion may have digested all of Fischer's 700-odd published games, there are others which are lost forever.
Psachis's victory over Kupreichik typifies the growing movement towards attacking chess. This may be a result of the large number of young Grandmasters on the tournament circuit, or it may be caused by a dissatisfaction with the technical approach to chess.
