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No Hummers

Relax, I haven’t become a tree hugger, nor am I swearing off oral sex. My problem is that every damned time I go to the men’s room, there’s somebody in the other stall humming.

And it’s not always the same guy, either. Different people. It’s really disconcerting when you’re trying to pinch a loaf and there’s someone 2 1/2 feet away just getting to the bridge of “My Heart Must Go On.” I mean, really now. Is this necessary? I can still detect (how could I not) what smells like you’ve dragged a rotting corpse into the stall with you, and I can still hear, over the humming, what sounds like a fireworks display, or like you’re violating the aforementioned rotting corpse. Enough, already!

On that note, I’m off to find the Times and a set of earplugs.

The 1972 Fischer – Spassky Times for Game 15

This article lists the times taken for the moves of game 15 of the 1972 Fischer – Spassky World Chess Championship Match.

Game 15, August 17-18, 1972

    Spassky         Fischer
    White           Black
                    (ar)  (0:04)
 1. e4     (0:00)   c5    (0:04)
(Spassky left after making his first move and returned 3 minutes after Fischer made his move.)
    (ar)   (0:03)
 2. Nf3    (0:03)   d6    (0:05)
 3. d4     (0:03)   cxd4  (0:05)
 4. Nxd4   (0:03)   Nf6   (0:05)
 5. Nc3    (0:03)   a6    (0:05)
 6. Bg5    (0:04)   e6    (0:05)
 7. f4     (0:05)   Be7   (0:05)
 8. Qf3    (0:05)   Qc7   (0:05)
 9. 0-0-0  (0:07)   Nbd7  (0:05)
10. Bd3    (0:07)   b5    (0:10)
11. Rhe1   (0:07)   Bb7   (0:12)
12. Qg3    (0:07)   0-0-0 (0:43)

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The 1972 Fischer – Spassky Times for Game 9

This article lists the times taken for the moves of the 1972 Fischer-Spassky World Chess Championship Match.

Game 9, August 1st, 1972

    Spassky        Fischer
    White          Black
                   (ar)  (0:10)
 1. d4    (0:00)   Nf6   (0:12)
(When Fischer appeared, Spassky had already left and did not come back until 4 minutes after Fischer's move.)
    (ar)  (0:04)
 2. c4    (0:04)   e6    (0:13)
 3. Nf3   (0:05)   d5    (0:14)
 4. Nc3   (0:06)   c5    (0:22)
 5. cxd5  (0:07)   Nxd5  (0:22)

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The 1972 Fischer – Spassky Times for Game 16

This article lists the times taken for the moves of game 16 of the 1972 Fischer – Spassky Match.

Game 16, August 20th, 1972

    Fischer        Spassky
    White          Black
    (ar)  (0:09)   (ar)  (-:01)
 1. e4    (0:09)
(Spassky appeared a minute before play was to begin.  When Fischer arrived and played his move, Spassky had gone.  He returned  two minutes later.)
                   (ar)  (0:02)
 1.                e5    (0:03)
 2. Nf3   (0:09)   Nc6   (0:03)
 3. Bb5   (0:09)   a6    (0:03)
 4. Bxc6  (0:10)   dxc6  (0:03)
 5. 0-0   (0:10)   f6    (0:04)
 6. d4    (0:10)   Bg4   (0:06)
 7. dxe5  (0:10)   Qxd1  (0:06)
 8. Rxd1  (0:10)   fxe5  (0:06)
 9. Rd3   (0:16)   Bd6   (0:06)
10. Nbd2  (0:20)   Nf6   (0:07)
11. Nc4   (0:27)   Nxe4  (0:11)
12. Ncxe5 (0:29)   Bxf3  (0:25)

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The 1972 Fischer – Spassky Times for Game 17

This article lists the times for the moves of game 17 of the 1972 Fischer – Spassky World Chess Championship Match.

Game 17, August 22th, 1972

    Spassky          Fischer
    White            Black
                     (ar)  (0:05)
 1. e4      (0:00)   d6    (0:05)
 2. d4      (0:02)   g6    (0:05)
 3. Nc3     (0:06)   Nf6   (0:09)
 4. f4      (0:07)   Bg7   (0:09)
 5. Nf3     (0:07)   c5    (0:24)
 6. dxc5    (0:12)   Qa5   (0:24)
 7. Bd3     (0:13)   Qxc5  (0:25)

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The 1972 Fischer – Spassky Times for Game 18

This article lists the times taken for the moves of game 18 of the Fischer – Spassky World Chess Championship Match.

Game 18, August 24-25, 1972

    Fischer        Spassky
    White          Black
    (ar)  (0:08)
 1. e4    (0:08)   c5     (0:02)
 2. Nf3   (0:09)   d6     (0:02)
 3. Nc3   (0:09)   Nc6    (0:03)
 4. d4    (0:09)   cxd4   (0:03)
 5. Nxd4  (0:09)   Nf6    (0:03)
 6. Bg5   (0:10)   e6     (0:04)
 7. Qd2   (0:10)   a6     (0:04)
 8. 0-0-0 (0:10)   Bd7    (0:05)
 9. f4    (0:10)   Be7    (0:06)
10. Nf3   (0:12)   b5     (0:06)
11. Bxf6  (0:13)   gxf6   (0:07)
12. Bd3   (0:18)   Qa5    (0:30)

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The 1972 Fischer – Spassky Times for Game 19

This article lists the times taken for the moves of game 19 of the 1972 Fischer – Spassky World Chess Championship match.

Game 19, August 27th, 1972

    Spassky        Fischer
    White          Black
 1. e4             Nf6
 2. e5             Nd5
 3. d4             d6
 4. Nf3            Bg4
 5. Be2            e6
 6. 0-0   (0:04)   Be7   (0:05)
 7. h3    (0:06)   Bh5   (0:06)
 8. c4    (0:08)   Nb6   (0:08)
 9. Nc3   (0:08)   0-0   (0:08)
10. Be3   (0:16)   d5    (0:27)
11. c5    (0:22)   Bxf3  (0:27)
12. Bxf3  (0:43)   Nc4   (0:27)

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The 2008 Anand – Kramnik Times for Game 1

This article lists the times taken for the moves of game 1 of the 2008 World Chess Championship Match between Viswanathan Anand and Vladimir Kramnik in Bonn, Germany.

Game 1, October 14th, 2008

    Kramnik        Anand
    White          Black
 1. d4    (1:59)   d5    (1:59)
 2. c4    (1:59)   c6    (1:59)
 3. Nc3   (1:59)   Nf6   (1:59)
 4. cxd5  (1:59)   cxd5  (1:59)
 5. Bf4   (1:59)   Nc6   (1:58)
 6. e3    (1:59)   Bf5   (1:57)
 7. Nf3   (1:58)   e6    (1:56)
 8. Qb3   (1:56)   Bb4   (1:54)
 9. Bb5   (1:55)   O-O   (1:53)
10. Bxc6  (1:48)   Bxc3+ (1:52)
11. Qxc3  (1:48)   Rc8   (1:52)
12. Ne5   (1:48)   Ng4   (1:46)
13. Nxg4  (1:41)   Bxg4  (1:46)
14. Qb4   (1:40)   Rxc6  (1:42)
15. Qxb7  (1:36)   Qc8   (1:26)

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The 2008 Anand – Kramnik Times for Game 2

This article lists the times taken for the moves of game 2 of the 2008 Anand – Kramnik World Chess Championship Match.

    Anand          Kramnik
    White          Black
 1. d4    (1:59)   Nf6   (1:59)
 2. c4    (1:59)   e6    (1:59)
 3. Nc3   (1:59)   Bb4   (1:59)
 4. f3    (1:59)   d5    (1:57)
 5. a3    (1:59)   Bxc3+ (1:57)
 6. bxc3  (1:59)   c5    (1:56)
 7. cxd5  (1:58)   Nxd5  (1:56)
 8. dxc5  (1:58)   f5    (1:54)
 9. Qc2   (1:56)   Nd7   (1:45)

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The 1972 Fischer – Spassky Times for Game 20

This article lists the times for the moves of game 20 of the 1972 Fischer – Spassky World Chess Championship match in Iceland. This was Fischer’s last game as White.

Game 20

    Fischer        Spassky
    White          Black
 1. e4             c5
 2. Nf3            Nc6
 3. d4             cxd4
 4. Nxd4           Nf6
 5. Nc3            d6
 6. Bg5            e6
 7. Qd2            a6
 8. 0-0-0          Bd7
 9. f4             Be7    (0:04)
10. Be2   (0:09)   0-0    (0:14)
11. Bf3   (0:26)   h6     (0:42)
12. Bh4   (0:30)   Nxe4   (0:45)
13. Bxe7  (0:40)   Nxd2   (0:46)

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