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Apr-14-09
 | | Caissanist: If this happened in the early seventies, as seems likely, then this would have been when Keene and Hartston were already in their mid twenties, and were playing the top two boards on England's olympic team. It wouldn't have made a lot of sense for them to receive "training" from their third board. |
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May-10-09
 | | ToTheDeath: Bill- Better Chess really improved my understanding of the game. Thank you. |
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| Jun-21-09 | | ughaibu: Roberts Partner: Can you explain what you mean, please. Keene says the story is incorrect and he's one of the protagonists. |
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Aug-12-09
 | | ray keene: re hartstons cv here-he also played in the olympiads of haifa 1976 and buenos aires 1978-i think he made a gm norm at buenos aires-tho this can be checked-his victims include larsen gligoric portisch andersson |
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Aug-12-09
 | | ketchuplover: impressive! happy birthday Bill :) |
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| Aug-12-09 | | SimonWebbsTiger: A happy birthday to BH.
One of my fondest childhood memories was "The Mastergame" on BBC2. I had just learnt the game so it was a thrill to see GMs commentating on their games as if we were privvy to their thoughts. One memory is of Tony Miles, with long hair and a pair of even hairier boots! I wish TV could have those sorts of shows again. The last I ever saw was of the Brussels 1986 tourney, on ITV I think. Kasparov's explanation of his win in Huebner vs Kasparov, 1986 was just mind bending. And Nigel and John on Nunn vs Short, 1986 was a lot of fun: Nunn explaining he was using a plan of Karpov's and Short complaining he had to play this line as he left the opening books in Nunn's room!!! |
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| Aug-12-09 | | The Eagles: Happy Birthday! Mr.Hartston, author of my first chess book =) |
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| Aug-12-09 | | Broon Bottle: Hartston, while the strongest UK player not to be a grandmaster, is also the most likeable, IMHO. A good egg. |
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| Aug-12-09 | | WhiteRook48: Happy birthday! |
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| Jul-03-10 | | wordfunph: "One of the best excuses I ever heard was from a man who had just lost to a female opponent. 'She completely disrupted my thought process,' he complained. 'Every time I tried to calculate something, I'd begin: 'I go here, he goes there,' and then I'd have to correct myself: No, it's I go here, she goes there.'" - William Hartston (Teach Yourself Better Chess) |
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| Jul-03-10 | | wordfunph: "My dear boy, you don't analyze during a game. You analyze before a game and after a game. During a game you just play." - William Hartston (Teach Yourself Better Chess) |
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| Jan-23-11 | | wordfunph: "In my opinion, one of the main reasons Hartston failed to make the grandmaster norm, despite his considerable talent and knowledge, is his fear for losing." - Bernard Zuckerman |
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Jan-23-11
 | | perfidious: Suppose Zuckerman could have offered insight as to why he also failed to make GM? It takes a bit more than encyclopaedic knowledge of the openings to be a well-rounded player. |
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Jun-13-11
| | ToTheDeath: Hartston interview:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y_D8... |
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| Aug-12-11 | | BIDMONFA: William Hartston HARTSTON, William
http://www.bidmonfa.com/hartston_wi...
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| Aug-12-11 | | sfm: I bought "Cheat at Chess" 3.3 decades ago. Hilarious, even the danish translation was great. I recall:
Chapter XII: Friendly Chess Games
The there is absolutely no such thing as a friendly chess game. Chapter XIII: "Friendly" Chess Games
Now that we have a clear understanding of concepts.... |
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| Aug-12-11 | | paavoh: @invicta49: <...A true gent who is more deserving of the G.M. title than some of it's holders> Alas, GM in chess does not stand for a GentleMan. |
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| Aug-12-11 | | Broon Bottle: What's Bill doing now? |
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Aug-28-11
 | | Eggman: Hartston being "outplayed" by Derren Brown: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YneW.... |
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Aug-28-11
| | Eggman: OK, looks like the above was actually part 2. Here is part 1: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ls-L... |
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Nov-09-11
 | | Karpova: C.N. 5884 with some quotes from Hartston's 'Better Chess' (London, 1997 and 2003) with page numbers referring to the 2003 edition: <‘Weak players assess a position by counting the captured men; strong players consider only the men remaining on the board.’ (Page 10)> <‘One of the best excuses I ever heard was from a man who had just lost to a female opponent. “She completely disrupted my thought processes”, he complained. “Every time I tried to calculate something, I’d begin: ‘I go here, he goes there’, and then I’d have to correct myself: ‘No, it’s I go here, she goes there’.”’ (Page 52)> <‘If you hoard your small advantages, the winning combinations will take care of themselves.’ (Page 114)> Link: http://www.chesshistory.com/winter/... |
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Jan-02-12
 | | Tomlinsky: All-round nice guy Bill playing Mastermind with Derren Brown on a recently aired show... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vp5T... & http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U1DY... |
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| Jul-07-12 | | Zahodjakin: One of the things I like about Hartston is that when you read one of his books, you're not left with any questions, a good instructor always has that ability, and Hartston has it. |
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Aug-12-12
 | | brankat: Happy Birthday Mr.Hartston! |
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Aug-12-12
 | | The Last Straw: I recently (last week) submitted Hartston's game against Simon Webb (I mean the one in Webb's book). Just to let you know. |
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