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Feb-05-11
 | | Domdaniel: <kingfu> - <Even in old age one must adapt , one must improvise , one must overcome.> Absolutely. And when you finally get there, in twenty years or so, be sure to check the protocol with Korchnoi. Aged 79 and he still makes mincemeat of 2700-rated teenagers. |
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Feb-05-11
 | | HeMateMe: Does "spaseba" mean its ok to get spastic? Or, is it some kind of secret code? |
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Feb-06-11
| | Domdaniel: Fiendishly clever, those Russians, talking in secret code. 'Spaseba' is an expression of thanks. Commonly used in the phrase "Spaseba, Masta" when a GM teaches you a lesson. |
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| Feb-06-11 | | Octavia: I heard Ivanchuk go over one of his games. He said: " *** he was better ***he was better *** he made a mistake & I won." Unfortunately I can't remember the actual words or even his opponent, but it was very funny. & yes, the Elo system is flawed ! Apparently, Mr. Elo warned about it already himself. Look at chessbase to see the follow up. |
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| Feb-06-11 | | kingfu: spaseba is "thank you" in Russian. |
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| Feb-06-11 | | acirce: It's "spasibo" (спасибо) rather. |
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| Feb-06-11 | | kingfu: The Russians have a different letter for everything! Thanks, acirce.
I guess I need to go back to school! |
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| Feb-06-11 | | Kinghunt: Does the prize for the best female player go to Melia, who had the most points, or to Nadezhda, who had the highest TPR? |
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| Feb-06-11 | | Billy Vaughan: <Does the prize for the best female player go to Melia, who had the most points, or to Nadezhda, who had the highest TPR?> Nana Dzagnidze, who had both. |
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| Feb-07-11 | | Bratek: http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail... |
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| Feb-11-11 | | jussu: спасибі. Not that I speak Ukrainian... |
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| Feb-15-11 | | yoozum: It's spelled with an O but pronounced with an A, so "spaseba" would be about right. |
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| Feb-15-11 | | acirce: <yoozum> It's spelled with an о so it's spelled with an o. It's not "Batvinnik", right? |
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| Apr-10-11 | | M.D. Wilson: Pronounced Bortvannik
Korchnoi is Karchnoi |
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| Apr-10-11 | | jussu: <Pronounced Bortvannik > What the heck? |
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| Apr-12-11 | | M.D. Wilson: Yes, Bought or Bort, not Bot |
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| Apr-14-11 | | jussu: No. The second letter o in Botvinnik is to be pronounced very much like a in 'car', but it must very short. By the way, Wikipedia articles often contain prounounciation; so does this: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mikhai... |
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| Apr-24-11 | | M.D. Wilson: You're wrong. My Russian friend says you're wrong. He'd know. |
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Apr-24-11
 | | alexmagnus: Well, it is kind of a very short short, reduced "a". Reduced, that is. If you simply say "Btvinnik" (with an explosive B, so that some kind of noise between B and T comes) you come closer to the true pronounciation than by either "Bo(r)tvinnik" or "Batvinnik". |
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Apr-24-11
 | | perfidious: <acirce: <yoozum> It's spelled with an î so it's spelled with an o. It's not "Batvinnik", right?> Another one is Boris Gulko, which is pronounced Bah-REES Gul-KO. Korchnoi is indeed Karch-NOI. |
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Apr-24-11
 | | Eric Schiller: It is quite simple. In Russian /o/ in unstressed position is pronounced /a/ or even reduced to schwa, just part of phonology. |
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| May-05-11 | | 14DogKnight: just trying out my new avatar |
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Dec-14-17
 | | offramp: <May-05-11 14DogKnight: just trying out my new avatar> Did it work? |
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| Dec-14-17 | | schweigzwang: Show some patience, man. |
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May-28-19
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