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Dec-19-21
 | | wwall: Another source of the shooting and killing - http://www.pizzateen.com/2007/10/ro... "One day his understudy was operating the machine when a coney island visitor got so pissed over losing, he shot Ajeeb in the torso, killing the man inside." |
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Dec-19-21
 | | HeMateMe: Mr. Wall, what do you think of the seven part series <The Queens Gambit>? I assume you've seen it. Here, it would seem that she plays a thinly disguised Boris Spassky in the final round of a big tournament in Moscow <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dtD...> |
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Dec-19-21
| | wwall: I liked the Queen's Gambit TV series, a fictional story by Walter Tefis of Beth Harmon, most likely based on the American female chess player Diana Lanni, whom I know. Very well done, but a few chess mistakes in the movie, as in all chess movies. Its a world without Bobby Fischer in the 1950s and 1960s. The acting was very good. Kasparov and Pandolfini were the technical advisors. Spassky was an inspiration for Tevis's novel. |
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Dec-19-21
| | HeMateMe: Well, I think the maverick, somewhat unreliable guy who tutors Harmon in his NYC basement apartment (and beats her at 5 minute blitz) is Bobby Fischer. Obviously not a completely accurate depiction of RJF, but I would say that this fellow was the scriptwriter/director's way of noting the presence of Fischer in the 1960s. The guy in question lives a monkish existence, can't be counted on to play in tournaments, but is good enough to win any tournament he's in, including the USA championship. That's Fischer. |
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| Sep-28-24 | | cameosis: they missed a golden opportunity to pick actual chess games played by female chess players that beat their male opponents, e.g. polgar, menčiková, hou et al. |
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Sep-29-24
 | | keypusher: <cameosis: they missed a golden opportunity to pick actual chess games played by female chess players that beat their male opponents, e.g. polgar, menčiková, hou et al.> That sounds like a bad idea to me. The games Kasparov did pick were one of the better things about the series. No real-life woman has ever played on Harmon's level, not even Polgar. The silliest thing about the series is that Beth Harmon looks like Anna Taylor-Joy and plays chess like Bobby Fischer but has to scrounge to make a living. In reality she'd be innundated with commercial offers. |
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Sep-30-24
| | HeMateMe: I don't recall the Polgar sisters being inundated with $$ endorsement offers. Judit made it to world top ten but it's such a closed world, chess. Also, the Queens Gambit is set in the 1960s, at least the video version. Back then if any female athletes at all were getting endorsement money it was figure skaters and tennis stars. No one in the USA knew who the best female chess players in the world were. No Q level, no endorsement monies. |
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Sep-30-24
| | keypusher: <HeMateMe: I don't recall the Polgar sisters being inundated with $$ endorsement offers. Judit made it to world top ten but it's such a closed world, chess.> Judit Polgar did not look like Anna Taylor-Joy nor play at the level of Bobby Fischer. Today Anna Cramling makes a good living off looks and charm alone -- it's certainly not her chess. <Back then if any female athletes at all were getting endorsement money it was figure skaters and tennis stars. No one in the USA knew who the best female chess players in the world were.> Correct, because they were all in the Soviet Union. |
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Sep-30-24
| | HeMateMe: In your example anna TJ would have made it (earned a good living) only because she has the look of a successful model. So, chess is irrelevant in your example. |
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| Sep-30-24 | | stone free or die: <<kp> Today Anna Cramling makes a good living off looks and charm alone -- it's certainly not her chess.> She often calls on her mom and dad for that extra chess bump. Question - having never seen QG, I wonder what Beth Harmon's top rating was? I also see the series was set in the time period of 1958-68, which also makes me wonder if she was ever shown studying the Russian literature like Fischer did? . |
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Sep-30-24
| | keypusher: <HeMateMe: In your example anna TJ would have made it (earned a good living) only because she has the look of a successful model. So, chess is irrelevant in your example.> It's extremely relevant to whether Beth Harmon would have had to scrounge a living, which was the topic of discussion. <I also see the series was set in the time period of 1958-68, which also makes me wonder if she was ever shown studying the Russian literature like Fischer did?> I thought yes, but I really don't rememember for sure. |
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| Sep-30-24 | | stone free or die: (Sorry <Bill> to drift a little here...) Damn, the internet knows everything!
<In addition to chess, Harmon maintains skills in mathematics, sciences, and history. Over the course of five years, she acquires a knowledge of Russian, which allows her to eavesdrop on gossip by people who assume she cannot understand the language.> https://the-queens-gambit.fandom.co... |
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| May-26-25 | | Mathematicar: Am I the only one or Bill Wall's internet page is not working anymore? |
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May-26-25
 | | perfidious: <Mathematicar>, that appears to be the case. |
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| May-27-25 | | stone free or die: The last <Wayback> archive entry is from Jan 16, 2025: https://web.archive.org/web/2025011... . |
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May-28-25
| | wwall: you can try http://www.billwall.phpwebhosting.c... or
https://sites.google.com/view/billw... |
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| May-29-25 | | stone free or die: Thanks Bill, good to know the direct links.
(Though having a Wayback link is always good for archival purposes) |
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Jun-03-25
| | wwall: Links you can try
http://www.billwall.phpwebhosting.c...
or https://sites.google.com/view/billw... |
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| Jun-03-25 | | Mathematicar: Bill, can you provide me with an evidence that Emanuel Lasker changed his name Immanuel? I need it for his Wikipedia page (in Croatian). I absolutely loved your article on Lasker and site as a whole. It was a splendid chess treasury with never ending golden waterfalls. |
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Jun-03-25
 | | beatgiant: <Mathematicar> In google books you can read the Linders' _Emmanuel Lasker: Second World Champion_ and search for Immanuel: https://www.google.com/books/editio... This source cites a birth registry and says it was his parents who changed the spelling. |
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| Jun-04-25 | | Mathematicar: <beatgiant>, thank you for your time. You did a great service for Croatian Wikipedia chess comunity! |
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Jul-20-25
| | perfidious: <keypusher....The silliest thing about the series is that Beth Harmon looks like Anna Taylor-Joy and plays chess like Bobby Fischer but has to scrounge to make a living. In reality she'd be innundated with commercial offers.> That is indeed a crock. |
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Jul-20-25
 | | fredthebear: From the overcooked pot of crocks.
But this series looks tasty: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0C17GX3C... |
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Jul-20-25
| | perfidious: Bored, are you, <fredthejackal>? Just when one thinks you may have chosen a path of relative decency, you evidently have decided it is high time to resume your role of <stalker>. |
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Aug-25-25
| | fredthebear: Such an angry pud, always lacking originality, the weakest of posters just for the sake of posting but proudly adding to the lamest of climbing totals. If pud's play resembles such useless remarks, 1...f6 is your go to. But this series is tasty: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0C17GX3C... |
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