Oct-29-08
 | | whiteshark: Bio: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nathan... |
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| Oct-29-08 | | BIDMONFA: Nathan Joseph Divinsky DIVINSKY, Nathan J. H.
http://www.bidmonfa.com/divinsky_na...
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Oct-29-08
| | whiteshark: Just 2 posting robots :D |
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Oct-29-08
 | | johnlspouge: I received my BSc in mathematics from the same Math department, at University of British Columbia, and his daughter Mimi (truly a wonderful person) was in the same medical class (UBC '79). It's a small world.
...a 3rd posting robot :) |
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Oct-29-08
 | | Ron: http://www.genealogy.ams.org/id.php...
4th posting robot |
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Feb-18-09
 | | Tabanus: http://www.chessbc.ca/nd.html |
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| Oct-29-09 | | Birthday Boy: Happy Birthday!!!Nathan Joseph Divinsky!!! |
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| Oct-29-09 | | Moonstone: Almost the same lifetime percentage record as Bobby Fischer! Happy Birthday! |
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| Oct-29-09 | | WhiteRook48: was Fischer's 75%? |
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Oct-29-11
| | whiteshark: <Player of the Day> I robot |
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Oct-29-11
 | | number 23 NBer: You notice he only has one game as black here? That seems odd. |
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Oct-29-11
 | | waustad: This sample is hardly exhaustive. |
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| Oct-29-11 | | Sho: Fine name for pun of the day: "Divine Intervention" or "Divinity" (around Christmas time). Which game? |
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| Jun-18-12 | | SimonWebbsTiger: Nathan Divinsky passed away at the weekend.
RIP |
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| Jun-18-12 | | LoveThatJoker: RIP, Nathan Divinsky.
LTJ |
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| Jun-18-12 | | SimonWebbsTiger: A game which could be uploaded to the cg.com database can be found in the following obituary: http://stevegiddinschessblog.blogsp... |
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| Jun-18-12 | | Cibator: Dr Divinsky, as he then was, came and delivered a lecture at my north London chess club one time in the mid-70s (when BTW he was still married to the future - but sadly very short-term - Canadian PM Kim Campbell). A memorable evening, full of wit and humour. One of the games he presented to us was Marshall vs Lasker, 1914
where we see Lasker deploying the kind of set-up that would become very popular about 30-40 years later, but which was regarded in 1914 as highly unorthodox. The other game the good doctor showed us was
Janowski vs Ed Lasker, 1924
which he turned into a real chess shaggy-dog story. I'll never forget his comment as he made the final moves on the demo board: " ... and the game's drawn. SORRY!" RIP, Nathan. |
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Jun-19-12
 | | wordfunph: rest in peace, master Divinsky..
http://www.fide.com/component/conte... |
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Jun-19-12
 | | eternaloptimist: It's sad that divinsky died a few days ago but for me he will be remembered for co-authoring (w/ GM Keene) the book "warriors of the mind" in 1989. Divinsky was the mathematician that Keene chose to come up w/ a system for determining the best chess players of all time. Some people think they were biased in the book...perhaps so...still I think it's a very good book! Here is a link for different methods for comparing the best chess players in history. Choose for yourself which is the best. I personally like sonas' chessmetrics the best!
Look under "statistical methods": http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comp...
There is also a book "who was the strongest? - warriors of the mind 2" that came out in 2006. Keene & divinsky again were the authors but this time they included sonas to help them.:
http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/18438...
I haven't seen it yet but I plan to get it soon! |
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Jun-20-12
| | wordfunph: "Machines can certainly solve the mysteries of chess. As soon as this happens the game will vanish. It will become another mathematical theorem locked away in a cold book. Few will look at the body as it is buried. Few will know the details of the inhuman calculation. They will only know that a good and warm friend has perished." - Nathan Joseph Divinsky |
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Oct-29-12
| | whiteshark: <Player of the Day> RIP |
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Kibitzing
