| Aug-27-05 | | bigbear: Why did he stop playing in 1989? |
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| Aug-27-05 | | teme: Retired I guess. |
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| Feb-15-07 | | Confuse: His quote of the day is pretty mean!
"A patzer must realize he will never become a GM"
ouch! |
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Feb-15-07
 | | JointheArmy: It's kinda true though. |
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Feb-15-07
 | | Peligroso Patzer: <Confuse: His quote of the day is pretty mean!
"A patzer must realize he will never become a GM"
ouch!>
<JointheArmy: It's kinda true though.>Except that every GM was once a patzer. It is hard to know what the quote really means when it is presented without context. |
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| Feb-15-07 | | HannibalSchlecter: I would amend the quote to "A patzer without a burning desire to become great must realize he will never become a GM" The quote as it was originally written is hogwash. |
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| Mar-19-07 | | erimiro1: Liberzon passed away 11 years ago. Good reason for not playing anymore... |
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| Apr-21-07 | | PAWNTOEFOUR: since 99.5% of the chess playing public isn't titled,i guess there's a lot of patzer's out there,right? |
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| Sep-03-07 | | TheaN: <erimiro1: Liberzon passed away 11 years ago. Good reason for not playing anymore...> Liberzon indeed passed away in 1996. The exact date is hard to find, however. |
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Feb-12-08
 | | whiteshark: Quote of the Day (again)
" A patzer must realize that he will not become a GM. " -- Vladimir Liberzon
Oh, nooooo! How disillusioning.
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| Feb-12-08 | | blacksburg: i once heard a quote, i can't remember from whom, but it was along the lines of "sometimes i think that the only chessplayers that actually ENJOY the game are total patzers." i think it actually is important for us patzers to realize that we will never be GM's, and we should simply enjoy the game and forget about any ambitions to become world-class. |
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Feb-12-08
| | whiteshark: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vladim...
Is the founder of the Russian project management consulting company <Spider Management Technologies> (www.spiderproject.ru) related to him ? |
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Feb-12-08
 | | brankat: <whiteshark> <Oh, nooooo! How disillusioning.> Mr.Liberzon was either joking, or else he was clearly wrong. So, don't give up yet :-) |
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| Feb-12-08 | | arsen387: <blacksburg> very interesting point and I am also inclined to think so. But I don't agree with the last sentence. My opinion is: i think it actually is important for us patzers to realize that if we really want to become GMs, then we should forget about the joy that this game can bring and start learning the dreadful theory, memorize thousands of games and positions and spend 90% of time over the board. In my case, I haven't any far going professional plans in chess and can enjoy with all the beauty that I find almost every day in chess. And my "motto" in life is that diligence can break down every wall, so IMO every patzer can become a GM, if he really works in that direction. |
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Jun-07-08
| | whiteshark: Quote of the Day
<A patzer must realize that he will not become a GM.> -- Vladimir Liberzon
I can't, so I am not.
:D |
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| Aug-05-08 | | darook: No doubt he was joking. He had a wicked sense of humor. RIP (1996). |
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| Mar-23-09 | | BIDMONFA: Vladimir Mikhailovich Liberzon LIBERZON, Vladimir M.
http://www.bidmonfa.com/liberzon_vl...
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| Mar-23-09 | | kramputz: http://dic.academic.ru/dic.nsf/enwi... |
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| Mar-23-09 | | WhiteRook48: how can a patzer never become a GM? |
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Jun-11-09
 | | Phony Benoni: I think the idea is that <patzer> is not a temporary state, but a long-term fate. You don't become a patzer without years and years of effort. |
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Jun-11-09
 | | tamar: Patzer is a loaded word like klutz, so it is like saying a klutz must realize he will never dance for the Bolshoi. Ordinarily we don't call beginners patzers; it is reserved for those who play for a long time and do not improve. I like Lasker's saying: We are all patzers in life. |
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| Dec-30-10 | | laskereshevsky: <......A patzer must realize that he will not become a GM.....> Rude humor, but 99% true.... |
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| Mar-23-12 | | Penguincw: R.I.P. POTD. |
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| Mar-23-12 | | srag: <Phony Benoni> You are one hundred per cent right! I have been a patzer for thirty-nine years! ... |
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Dec-23-12
 | | Caissanist: <blacksburg> may have been referring to the Alfred Kreymborg quote from "Chess Reclaims a Devotee": "The people who really enjoy chess are the dubs and duffers, the experts who have resigned their ambitions, and now play for the pastime, and the fraternity of kibitzers." http://www.unz.org/Pub/AmMercury-19... |
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