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| frogbert: at least it shows that i took it from (my fallible) memory - if i had looked it up, i would've been complete! i even got van der duim's name correct, without cheating... ;o) |
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| Oct-27-09 |
| gus inn: Yes, you are a big boy <frogbert> ;0) |
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| Oct-27-09 |
| frogbert: sorry, didn't understand that comment, gus inn... |
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| Oct-27-09 |
| gus inn: <frogbert> That is OK.I dont understand everything either..That is life IMO ;0) |
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| Oct-27-09 |
| Sbetsho: Petrosian, Karpov |
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| Oct-27-09 |
| returnoftheking: I'd say his style is totally unlike Petrosian. More striving for activity, forcing play and also often more dynamic. And petrosian wasn't as superficial;) Just my opinion. |
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| tamar: I'd say Morphy, if he had continued to play. |
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| dakgootje: <Don't listen to <achieve>, with English, Dutch and German under your belt -- none of the Scandinavian languages will be hard to learn.> haha, my german isn't <that> good really. I mean, reading and listening is okay but I'd be a horror speaking and writing! I did try a little bit of Swedish for a very short amount of time a while back so at a certain point magnus spoke about... I think that he thought he had played well at China and used the word 'bra' for 'good' which I recognized that way :P But no worries achieve, I couldn't have followed it either without the subtitles! |
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| Oct-27-09 |
| Ziggurat: Most Dutch people I've met learned Swedish in about 3 nanoseconds. It was a bit scary, actually. Swedes on the other hand can take up to one month to learn Dutch. |
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| dakgootje: <It's quite fun to listen Prof. Alexander Arguelles (...)> Ow wow, I hadn't seen the vid yet -- truth be told, I still haven't seen more than a minute of it and read the video transcription about the prof giving an introduction to a whole bunch of languages etc -- but it seems highly interesting!! Seems like that adds a lot of videos I just <have> to see! |
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| Oct-27-09 |
| EeEk: Anyone going to London in December? |
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| Oct-27-09 |
| theagenbiteofinwit: <anyone going to London in December?> I'm thinking about it. Ticket prices seem reasonable. Perhaps I can meet some of my Viking friends and we can play a game. I would love to see how <Frogbert>'s "expert analysis" translates into OTB play. |
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| Oct-27-09 |
| frogbert: <I would love to see how <Frogbert>'s "expert analysis" translates into OTB play.> and what does my "expert analysis" say in this regard? i can't remember making any definitive predictions about london, so i'd love to learn what i think! |
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| Oct-27-09 |
| frogbert: <Anyone going to London in December?> tempting, but it would require some home field battles to be won first! |
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| rogge: IF Carlsen's playing a certain 2012 match in London, I'm in. Home field battle will be won. |
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| keypusher: <tamar: I'd say Morphy, if he had continued to play. Sbetsho: Petrosian, Karpov>
Interesting range of opinions. :-) In fact he plays like me, only better. Just like all the top GMs, darn them. |
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| tamar: <keypusher> good point. It might be a better question to ask which top player is Carlsen not like? He is not like Botvinnik, in that up to now he has not been a researcher on the openings, and in general has preferred to just play his own chess, rather than tailor his play to his opponent's weak points. He is not like Fischer, in that he acts like he will accept help from others rather than go it alone in every aspect. He is not like Lasker, in that he does not smoke heavy cigars... |
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| Fincher: Fincher: <SugarDom: Just curious... Which chess great resembles Carlsen's skill and style closest? A. Fischer
B. Capablanca
C. Tal
D. Kasparov?>
People have been playing against me below their strength for fifteen years. I add status to any tournament I attend. – Bobby Fischer |
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| Oct-27-09 |
| MrMelad: <He is not like Lasker, in that he does not smoke heavy cigars...> yet, the boy is 18 for crying out loud :) |
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| rogge: I think Morozevich once said something like
-There are only two styles in chess, the winning style and the losing style. |
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| SetNoEscapeOn: His play reminds me most of Fischer, who I see as sort of a more aggressive and energetic Capablanca. A lot to handle, but the other top players also have potent styles. |
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| Oct-27-09 |
| returnoftheking: So when one has an universal style, does that mean both? Doesn't explain the draws though. |
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| zarg: The 66% fanboy, is working hard on lowering his percentage! :) |
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| dakgootje: <So when one has an universal style, does that mean both? Doesn't explain the draws though.> Draws occur when losers play a winning style. :D |
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| Oct-27-09 |
| Jafar219: Carlsen is @#$% |
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