Memorizing pi nowadays. So far I know the first 208 decimal places :-)

<Oct-13-06 twinlark: I said when he was crushed in the 9th game that if he can come back and win the World Championship I'll vote for him as the greatest ever.

Go Vlad! The greatest! venit! vidit! vicit!>

<Mar-10-06 ughaibu: The fact is there are only four Kramnik bashers. Dionyseus seems to have given it up and Csmath is (hopefully) getting psychiatric help, so that just leaves Notyetagm and the 101 Dalmations. These two seem to be hopeless cases.>

The golden chess quote for every chess player is:

"Whereas the tactician knows what to do when there is something to do, it requires the strategian to know what to do when there is nothing to do" ---- Gerald Abrahams

Huge fan of chess, Gustav Mahler, Aron Nimzowitsch, Herbert von Karajan and chessgames.com.

Long live to the ? and Beer pages!

Favorite players: Nimzowitsch, Petrosian, Kasparov, Kramnik, Topalov, Tal, Karpov, Adams, Paulsen, Keres, Polgar sisters, Bronstein, Botvinnik, Morphy, Smyslov, Vaganian, Geller, Pachman, Fischer, Kavalek and one chess player whose name I can't remember. :-)

I consider myself to be very good in analysing games, especially games by masters from the past. No narcissism here :-)

There has been a question posted on the Corus Chess 2005 page: "Which has been the best game from the A-group?" Here are the answers:

Kramnik - Topalov 6 votes
Anand - Adams 5 votes
Leko - Short 4 votes
Judit Polgar - Svidler 3 votes
Anand - Leko 3 votes
Judit Polgar - Kramnik 2 votes
Adams - Topalov 2 votes
Leko - Svidler 2 votes
Ponomariov - Kramnik 1 vote
Bruzon - Topalov 1 vote
Leko - Kramnik 1 vote
Topalov - Leko 1 vote
Kramnik - Polgar 1 vote
Kramnik - Morozevich 1 vote
Topalov - Leko 1 vote
Short - Morozevich 1 vote
Short - Sokolov 1 vote
Svidler - Van Wely 1 vote
Grischuk - Ponomariov 1 vote
Judit Polgar - Sokolov 1 vote
Van Wely - Short 1 vote
Kramnik - Svidler 1 vote

My favorite chess quotes:
"Remember, that good moves come from intelligence and not from memory!"

Alberic O'Kelly

"In order to create a work of art a player needs time. And that is only possible in the classical time controls. If you remove the beauty and deepness of chess it becomes a circus act."

Vladimir Kramnik

"Blitz kills ideas."

Bobby Fischer

"Chess is mental masturbation."

Bobby Fischer

"I think it's almost clear now that the game is drawn theoretically."

Bobby Fischer

"Lose with grace and resign in a timely manner. If you are a lot of material down and don't have sufficient compensation, it is time to lay down your arms. This way you show your respect for both chess and your opponent."

Svetlana Matveeva

"Players who are devoted to certain opening systems know how unpleasant it can be to play against oneself in the purely psychological sense."

Efim Geller

"The better player will win with either color, but it takes longer with Black."

Larry Evans

"I love all positions. Give me a difficult positional game, I will play it. Give me a bad position, I will defend it. Openings, endgames, complicated positions, dull draws, I love them and I will do my very best. But totally won positions, I cannot stand them."

Hein Donner, 'Clubblad DD', 1950

"The fact that the 7 hours time control allows us to play a great deep game is not of great importance for mass-media."

Alexei Shirov, 2000, open letter to the FIDE

"Who are the best fast chess players in the world? The best slow players. So how did Kasparov, Kramnik, Anand, etc. get to be the best fast players in the world, by playing slow or playing fast? The answer is by playing slow, so you should too if you really wish to improve."