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Dec-02-04
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| Sneaky: It's not just your eyes, but where you are looking at the chessboard that matters. With a proper tournament side board it's pretty hard to pretend that you're preoccupied about losing that b2 pawn when you are staring intently at the king on g8 and his surrounding squares. I assume everybody here has heard the famous anecdote about Tal and Benko playing with oversized sunglasses on? <Tal was so intimidating in those years that he made seasoned Grandmaster opponents shudder with fear. A case in point is a game played between GM Tal (as Black) and Hungarian GM Pal Benko (as White) at the Interzonal Tournament in Belgrade, Yugoslavia, 1959. This was the third cycle (the first two were played in Bled and Zagreb, respectively), and Benko was starting to think that Tal had been hypnotizing him due to his poor record against him so far. So Benko took with him sunglasses and wore them while at the chessboard. But Tal, who had heard of Benko's plan to wear sunglasses before the game started, borrowed enormous dark glasses from GM Petrosian. When Tal put on these ridiculously enormous glasses, not only did the spectators laugh, but other participants in the tournament did, as did the tournament controllers, and finally even Benko himself laughed. But unlike Tal, Benko did not remove his glasses until the 20th move when his position was hopeless.> http://starfireproject.com/chess/ta... |
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Dec-02-04
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| Sneaky: <Are there tournament rules that bar people from showing up in full costume?> Chess Life showed some pictures years ago from a big tournament and I couldn't help noticing a fellow dressed up as a clown in several of the photos. I guess he figured it was a psychological edge. It probably was... but the question begs, for WHOM? |
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| Dec-02-04 |
| dafish298: <Pink Panther> It is to my knowledge that Stripunsky wears the sunglasses because he had noticable damage to his left eye (could have been right not exactly sure but doesnt really matter) and needed surgery and well i would want to wear them to cover it up until it heals |
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| Dec-03-04 |
| Spassky69: <I'm still waiting for somebody to explain that to me. You have to wear sunglasses inside because of a car wreck? > What are you talking about?? The Chessbase article and everyone else had repeatedly said that he was hurt in a car crash and he injured his eye. How hard is that to comprehend?? He almost lost it for goodness sake! Even GM Wojo's girlfriend (or was it wife) said that two months before on Wojo's page. He wears sun glasses because his eye doesn't look that good since if you saw a black eye imagine his ten times worse. Plus if someone else wears sunglasses that isn't rude, only old people that no one like think its rude. Or maybe shy loser people that get shoved in trash cans. Any normal person would be okay with it and joke with them about it then play the game. Jeez. |
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| Dec-03-04 |
| Minor Piece Activity: The only psychological effect that Stripunsky would have on his opponents would be if he <took off> his sun glasses. ;) |
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Dec-03-04
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| Gregor Samsa Mendel: <Spassky69: Plus if someone else wears sunglasses that isn't rude, only old people that no one like think its rude. Or maybe shy loser people that get shoved in trash cans.> Please pardon me for suggesting this: You may wish to reconsider what sorts of behaviors are considered rude, both by others and yourself. Just a suggestion. |
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| Dec-03-04 |
| Dave Murray: About wearing sunglasses being rude. IMO it is rude not to make eye contact when you are talking to someone, so yeah I would consider that rude. |
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Dec-03-04
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| Knight13: This guy is becoming popular... |
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| Dec-03-04 |
| schoolsucks: Stripunsky was already popular in the US before then. But anyways a good example of Stripunsky's weaknesses can be shown here. Child Prodigy Josh Waitzkin demonstrates how to take care of the weak dark squares. It's really a great game to study.
[Event "Manhattan CC"]
[Site "ARES"]
[Date "1998.10.13"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Waitzkin, J."]
[Black "Stripunsky, A."]
[TimeControl "0+0"]
[Result "*"]
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 5.Nc3 Qc7 6.Be2 Nf6 7.O-O Nc6 8.Kh1
Bc5 9.Nb3 Bb4 10.Bd3 Bxc3 11.bxc3 d5 12.exd5 Nxd5 13.Ba3 b6 14.c4 Nf6
15.Be2 Bb7 16.Bf3 Rd8 17.Qe1 h5 18.Rd1 Ng4 19.Bxc6+ Qxc6 20.Rxd8+ Kxd8
21.f3 Kc8 22.Bc1 h4 23.h3 Nf6 24.c5 bxc5 25.Na5 Qc7 26.Bb2 Rh5 27.Nc4
Nd7 28.Bxg7 Bd5 29.Ne3 Qg3 30.Qc3 Rg5 31.Bh8 f5 32.Bf6 Rg6 33.Be7 f4
34.Qa5 Rg8 35.Bd6 Kb7 36.Qc7+ Ka8 37.Qxd7 Qg5 38.Ng4 1-0 |
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| Dec-03-04 |
| SnoopDogg: Oh fo shizzle dogg, I remember when I gots second to Stripunsky in a 30 minute action tournament in New York of '98. I was the only brotha in the tournament too. Shiz. |
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| Dec-04-04 |
| Poisonpawns: 1998?? its 2004 fellas, maybe Stripunsky is a tad bit stronger!? The terminator Stripunsky will be at least sharing first place in this tourney after its all said and done. |
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Dec-05-04
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| whiskeyrebel: Congrats to Stripunsky! His round 9 game was exciting for sure featuring an attack with pieces seemingly hanging everywhere. I recommend you all check it out. I'll be following the playoff tommorow for sure. |
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Dec-07-04
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| Knight13: <Overall record: +46 -14 =36 (66.7%)*> That's pretty high. |
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| Dec-09-04 |
| KTKnight86: Alex wears the glasses because of his car accident in Memphis, not to be rude or hide his eyes, think about it and dont be so quick to judge. Not to mention that having surgery on an eye can make it extremely sensitive to light, especially at a highly publicized event like this one. |
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Dec-09-04
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| cu8sfan: Remember Teimour Radjabov and his sunglasses in Libya? http://www.chessbase.com/eventartic... |
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| Apr-11-05 |
| WTHarvey: Here are some chess diagrams of crucial positions in Alexander's games. http://www.wtharvey.com/stri.html |
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| Apr-11-05 |
| white pawn: From http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail...
"To top it off, it finished in a stalemate after Serper played a cute piece sacrifice to create a book draw fortress." There's a word I thought I'd never hear when describing a chess move. Does cute mean something different in "chess talk"? |
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| Jul-13-05 |
| robmtchl: Alex played in the Chess Masterminds event this last week in Nashville, Tennessee. The show will air on Television in the US and via satellite world wide. www.chessmasterminds.com |
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| Aug-27-05 |
| woodenbishop: Did Stripunsky get in an auto accident in Memphis, TN? If so, where can I find articles relating to this matter? |
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| Oct-15-05 |
| Amber Berglund: Oh Honey, that accident was ages ago. Just move on and let him wear his sunglasses. To an earlier poster, Spassky69, sweetheart, I live with my darling, beloved Wojo. I don't know if we will get married, because there's some kind of weird tax situaion. I've had too much Sake. I always get into trouble when I drink too much Sake. So, I won't say much. But Stipunsky is fabulous. Really a nice guy. Sunglasses are sexy, honey. Sunglasses on a sexy russian are even sexier. Stripunsky is pimping that look. Accident or not, he's making it work. |
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| Nov-06-06 |
| BIDMONFA: Alexander Stripunsky STRIPUNSKY, Alexander
http://www.bidmonfa.com/stripunsky_...
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| Aug-02-08 |
| Jesspatrick: Here's to you Alex for your win in the Continental Open. Just so you know. Stripunsky is a fierce competitor at the board, but when the clocks are stopped, you couldn't hope to meet a nicer guy. |
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| Aug-18-08 |
| ravel5184: Hipy papy bthuthdth thuthda bthuthdy! |
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Aug-18-08
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| dx9293: <Jesspatrick> Yes, Alex is a nice, very quiet guy. He almost never speaks! I've also never seen better posture at the chessboard... |
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Sep-02-08
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| Open Defence: any relation of Monty, Full ? :) |
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