| Aug-08-02 |
| AliAlAtor: Very interesting place !thanks a lot for let me go in... |
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| Aug-10-02 |
| morphynoman2: The first four games are not certainly Gildardo Garcia's. Maybe Guillermo Garcia or Silvino Garcia, the cuban masters? |
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Aug-10-02
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| chessgames.com: Gildardo Garcia was born 09.03.1954 (according to chessbase.com), therefore it's hard to believe that he played Smyslov, Szabo, Geller, and Ivkov when he was 11. Perhaps it was a simul? Or what he a gifted prodigy? In any case, the PGN files are clearly labelled "Gildardo Garcia." If anybody has the roster of the Havana '65 tournament we could settle this. Anyhow, thanks for pointing this out. |
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May-08-04
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| denopac: I asked GM Gildardo Garcia about these discrepencies directly. He says that he did not play in Havana in 1965. He also never played in Hastings nor Leningrad. |
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| Nov-26-05 |
| WTHarvey: Here are some quick wins from Gildardo's early games: http://www.wtharvey.com/garc.html |
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| Nov-26-05 |
| Conde de Montecristo: Gildardo Garcia was born in Bogota, the capital of Colombia, and even tough he was born in 1954 he played Smyslov and these figures cause he was a prodigy. He still lives in Bogota, Colombia and still play chess for fun. |
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| Nov-26-05 |
| Conde de Montecristo: I never understood why he stoped playing, he could have tried to reach 2600 and then keep going on chess world, but i guess he wanted to do some other things. |
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| Nov-26-05 |
| morphynoman2: Sorry, but he was born in Medellin and I think he lives there. |
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| Nov-26-05 |
| morphynoman2: I've submitted to chessgames.com the game Gildardo Garcia - Ivan Morovic, Linares, 1994, in my opinion the best game played by this great colombian G.M. |
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| Nov-26-05 |
| Guest1825: Chessgames, shouldn't players who achieve 'Player of the Day' status, have attached biographical information on their webpage? |
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| Nov-26-05 |
| Conde de Montecristo: You´re right, he is from the beatifull city of Medellin, and he lives there. |
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| Nov-27-05 |
| tigre44444: he actually lives in connecticut where he tutors rich kids for absurd amounts of money. he gave a simul at the connecticut state scholastics. |
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| Nov-27-05 |
| tigre44444: i know this because he wanted to tutor me, 70 US an hour is fee. |
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Jan-23-06
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| Dres1: yea, he lives in Connecticut, and he still plays chess.. geez is this how rumors get started? |
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| Feb-25-06 |
| BIDMONFA: Gildardo Garcia GARCIA, Gildardo
http://www.bidmonfa.com/garcia_gild...
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Feb-25-06
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| Sneaky: 70/hour is "absurd amounts of money"? Absurdly high or absurdly low? Where I live, garbage men make 20-30 per hour, housecleaners (maids) 40-50 an hour, carpenters charge 60-70 an hour, plumbers 80-100 an hour, and a good lawyer won't even look at you for less than 200/hour. I would say that becoming a grandmaster is harder than becoming a plumber... so the way I see it, it's a bargain. |
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| Feb-26-06 |
| 17.Bxg7: Gildardo Garcia has got the record of the "Player of the day" in <chessgames.com> (Feb 25-06) with less posts in his day. I hope better days will come... |
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| May-14-06 |
| andre1f: hey tigre444 i would like to get soem classes from gildardo.. is there any way i can contact him? email, phone # something...
thank you |
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Jul-23-07
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| Edmemphis: This guy plays in Florida quite a bit. Are you sure he lives in CT? |
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Jul-23-07
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| Edmemphis: Also, his USCF state is Florida. |
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| Jan-07-08 |
| DarthStapler: I drew this guy once |
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| Oct-26-09 |
| DarthStapler: Since he's Player of the Day now, I'll elaborate: When I was younger I went to an advanced chess club for kids and teenagers in Greenwich, CT. GM Garcia came one day as a guest lecturer, and just for fun he played a very small simul against me and one other player. He beat the other person when my game was about halfway finished, so then he was only playing me. After avoiding a few traps he was trying to set for me, he offered me a draw, and I accepted. |
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| Oct-26-09 |
| WhiteRook48: do you still have the PGN? |
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| Oct-28-09 |
| DarthStapler: We didn't record it |
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