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| offramp: He is most famous for never ever passing on a stoogie. |
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| Dec-13-08 |
| wayndom: The position shown in the opening scenes of Casablanca is loaded with symbolism. Casablanca was part of occupied France; Bogart is sitting on the black side of the board, studying a position of the French defense. As he reaches to take the letters of transit from Peter Lorre, he knocks over the black king... |
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| Dec-13-08 |
| brankat: Bogart and L.Bacall were good fiends with GM S.Gligoric. He told me, years ago, that H.Bogart was a very capable player, who, had he chosen chess instead of acting, would have been a GM potential. These are Gligo's words. He should know. Gligoric added that although they had never played a game, he got that impression while they were analyzing together some of Gligoric's games from 1953 Candidates Tournament. |
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| Dec-13-08 |
| whiskeyrebel: I'm very impressed that such a talented actor with a hot wife and such an active life found time for chess. |
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| Dec-13-08 |
| hackmate: In Casablanca, was it a real game or just a last minute scene filler Bogie requested? |
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Dec-13-08
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| Benzol: Heard one of Bogart's co-stars from "The Caine Mutiny" died today, Van Johnson aged 92. |
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| Jan-30-09 |
| blackburne: Article: Bogart and Chess (in spanish):
http://www.ajedrezdeataque.com/04%2... Various games and biography of Bogart.
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| Jan-31-09 |
| The Lone Banana: < hackmate: In Casablanca, was it a real game or just a last minute scene filler Bogie requested?> Wikipedia claims it was from one of Bogie's own correspondence games AND that it was an addition that Bogie requested. Since the movie was rushed to release, it bids pretty fair that anything not in "Everybody Comes to Rick's" was last-minute. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Humphr... Here's a website that includes a still of the most famous pre-1968 cinematic chess game: http://www.idsnews.com/blogs/weeken... (In 1968, the chess game in "The Thomas Crown Affair" undoubtedly took first place. Who can forget Faye Dunaway distracting Steve McQueen by fondling her bishop?) |
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Mar-05-09
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| playground player: I guess the reason Bogart didn't like "Beat the Devil" was because the screenwriters let Jennifer Jones play chess instead of him. Seriously, any amateur who can last 41 moves with Koltanowski and force a draw with Reshevsky has got to be a bit more than an amateur. |
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| Mar-05-09 |
| Heidi44: Game on the web www.citicapa35@yk.uk.com
Bogart-Capablanca Havanna 1935 |
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| Aug-14-09 |
| kronstieen1: maybe not now but someday you will understand how great bogey was weal always have chess |
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| Sep-14-09 |
| alshatranji: Great actor. But I have to say I find his surviving games rather unimppressive--though this is, admittedly a small sample. |
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| Sep-14-09 |
| kingfu: If Bogart is in the credits, see it. Bogart would hustle chess for 25 cents a game in New York during the depression. For all scifi geeks (which seems to correlate with chess) , you should see The Return of Doctor X which stars Humphrey. Who is the Bogart of today? Answer: Nobody. Who could be named Humphrey in 2009 and NOT get beat up? |
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Sep-14-09
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| HeMateMe: Did Bogie really hustle chess? Just wondering, what's your source for that? I don't put anyone above a little gambling, just didn't know if he was that strong a player. An article I read about him said that "on a good day he played at master level..." but he may have been closer to expert level, in the long run. I remember reading stories about how actors like Henry Fonda, real stars of the day, were busking in times square, doing soft shoe routines, etc, and passing the hat. |
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| Sep-14-09 |
| kingfu: bogieonline.com was one place talking about it. I read it someplace else, although, it was not imdb. It was said that he got eating money by winning games on Times Square. Maybe he had his own table and pieces. I know there are tables with painted chess boards on them on the square in Washington Park in Greenwich Village ,as seen in Independence Day with Goldblum playing his father, played by Judd Hirsch. Bogie got a draw with Reshevsky, lost to Koltanowsky and maybe played Capablanca! I got a draw with Rossolimo, lost to Christiansen (badly) and never got to play Karpov! |
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| Sep-14-09 |
| kingfu: This is bizarre but true. After lunch today, my sister was cleaning out our hummingbird feeder. Bees go in there and get stuck or get too high on the sugar and do not make it out. While she was working , she got stung by a DEAD BEE! "To Have and Have Not"
Eddie (Walter Brennan to Lauren Bacall) : "Was you ever stung by a dead bee?" I always thought that was a funny line spoken by a drunk in the movie. My sister's finger looks like a squash! |
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| Dec-25-09 |
| Kris Kringle: Happy Birthday and Merry Christmas wherever you are. |
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Dec-25-09
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| talisman: happy birthday. born on christmas day. both capricorns. |
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Feb-06-10
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| blazerdoodle: The Maltese Grandmaster.
Grandmaster of the Sierra Madre.
Grandmaster Largo. |
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Feb-06-10
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| HeMateMe: We'll always have <ParisAttack> |
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| Feb-06-10 |
| drnooo: Just out of the blue: does anyone here have the romote notion where the picture is taken from, which movie. It is on a set, not too obviously, but it is. No guessing allowed. Even though I am sure somebody is going to go ahead and guess away.
More clues to follow if nobody comes up with the right answer. |
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Feb-06-10
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| HeMateMe: Rabat, Morocco, WWII. Ric owns a seedy night club, frequented by Germans, smugglers, drunks, gamblers and people on the run. Sort of like the Jim and Tammy PTL. |
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Feb-08-10
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| blazerdoodle: Don't make fun of Jim&Tammy's amusement park !!! |
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Feb-09-10
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| BishopofBlunder: Just watched <Casablanca> a few nights ago. Can't say it was the best movie ever made, because I have seen them all. But it's quite possibly the best movie I have ever seen. Brilliant acting, dialogue, lighting, cinematography, you name it. |
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Feb-09-10
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| chancho: <BishopofBlunder> Rick: Of all the gin joints in all the towns in all the world, she walks into mine. |
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