Oct-07-04
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| fred lennox: In the 1955 Junior World Champion Mednis came in second place to Spassky. For whatever reason, he never became a contender for the WC. Best known, it seems, for defeating Fisher and his book How Karpov Wins, he was the commentary to the Fisher-Spassky match. I understand he did a wonderful, down to earth and colorful job. Fisher refusing the match to be televised, didn't make the job easier. Yet Mednis handled it very well. |
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| Oct-07-04 |
| Dudley: For years he had a nice opening column in Chess Life and wrote several books that are still available. Good chess writer and annotater, as well as a formidable player. |
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Oct-11-04
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| fred lennox: I've read a few of his books and found them excellent. Those who like complex, combinational play may have trouble warming up to them, but endgame, economy, subtle and precise play is a part of chess. |
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| May-15-05 |
| Dawns Highway: Ive just ordered a revised/expanded edition of his book "King Power in Chess". Has anyone here read it? Whats it like? Thanks! |
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| Sep-14-05 |
| domradave: I saw Mednis play a simul a long time ago, when computers were first being used in tournaments. I think he won every game that day. |
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| Sep-15-05 |
| Perkins: One of my favorite chess authors. Mednis, Soltis, Nunn, the big three. |
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| Nov-20-05 |
| THE pawn: <Perkins> shouldn't tal be in your be three ( or four)? But I agree with you, these authors kick some a... <Dawns Highway> I just received for my birthday King Power in chess and it looks really great. But I'll have to read it first so I'll tell you all my impressions in a couple of days ( or weeks if I have a lot of work coming soon). |
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| Mar-22-06 |
| BIDMONFA: Edmar J Mednis MEDNIS, Edmar J.
http://www.bidmonfa.com/mednis_edma...
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Mar-22-07
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| drkodos: IMO, a very under-rated and underappreciated author in current times. His treatise "From The Middlegame Into The Endgame" is a classic work, a nice piece of the Mednis great chess book collection. |
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Mar-22-07
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| fred lennox: i took a look at king power some years ago at a time when i started to take an interest in defensive play and in the games of steinitz and petrosian. in particular. It is interesting how the charactor of the king can imbue over all strategy. Ponderous, restricted yet flexible and capable of subtle intricacies. It can be bold too. The idea is it needs to be protected only so far to avoid unwanted checks and pins. With this in mind the king can be powerful. |
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Jul-19-07
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| wiseowl: I enjoyed "From the Middle Game into the End Game" and regret missing the sale of the well worn copy by my local Library. I currently own and appreciate "How to Play Good Opening Moves". Yes, I am a novice/beginner. |
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| Sep-20-07 |
| pazzed paun: Mednis wrote a book called "from the opening to the endgame"
it feels like it was originally a long magazine article. he proposed an opening repertoire for "the sensible strategic
player" with lines that had an early queen exchange. It was all lines for the white player. does anyone know if he ever wrote a comparable reportoire for the black player? |
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| Mar-22-08 |
| Riverbeast: Mednis did beat Fischer in one game (overall score 7-1 in favor of Fischer, with one draw, according to cg.com)...But this one win gave Mednis the idea of writing a book called "How to Beat Bobby Fischer", which was basically a collection of Bobby's losses.... I have a book called "How to Beat Garry Kasparov", but like the Fischer book, I've heard it really doesn't work :-) I went to a chess camp run by Mednis, sponsored by the ACF, when I was a kid...He was a good teacher and a good man....I also remember he and his daughter (she was mostly moving the pieces on the demo board) doing TV commentary on the Karpov-Kasparov WC match |
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| Mar-22-08 |
| DarthStapler: Beating Bobby Fischer should actually be rather easy nowadays |
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Mar-23-08
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| Phony Benoni: Yes, just start the clock and wait an hour. That even worked in 1972. |
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| Jan-07-09 |
| wollkay: mednis influenced me a lot with his books |
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Mar-22-09
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| wordfunph: Happy Birthday GM Edmar Mednis!!
Your book "How to Beat Bobby Fischer" in my shelf will stay forever.. |
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