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| Jan-26-04 |
| OneBadDog: It's a good thing his first name isn't Harold. |
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Jan-26-04
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| technical draw: Or Smart. |
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| Jan-26-04 |
| matein8: Yeah, Gretarrson is a guy. There's a picture of him on this link: http://www.chessbase.de/events/even... I wonder if names like Brian, Greg, or Doug have some nasty meaning in other languages. I have a friend named Randy and I understand that for you folks who speak the Queen's English, "Randy" has another meaning. |
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Mar-05-04
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| InspiredByMorphy: Phoenix was telling the truth, check it out ... Gisela Fischdick |
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Mar-06-04
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| AdrianP: I've always thought this GM did not have much to thank his parents for Semen I Dvoirys |
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| Mar-06-04 |
| Bitzovich: <AdrianP> I can argue that, since Semen is just an unfortunate translation from Russian. The name is Semion and the English equivalent would be Simon. |
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| May-12-04 |
| Tigran Petrosian: If you spell out this guys initials, they spell HAG! LOL! poor guy. |
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May-12-04
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| Chessical: <Tigran Petrosian> Not so much LOL as <attain prose grin> |
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| May-12-04 |
| Tigran Petrosian: Yeah... But it is still funny. |
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May-13-04
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| Chessical: <Tigran Petrosian> My post is an anagram of your sign-on handle which matches the idea of LOL, not any comment on your sense of humour. |
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May-13-04
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| tpstar: <Chessical> Love your clever anagrams! Of course you found glass tiger nose rash, right? Or sing atop terrain for our friend TP? But I'm afraid not everyone enjoys word games, cliche a$$. :>) |
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| Jun-30-04 |
| tomh72000: Jesus, you have a talent with words <tpstar> |
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| Jun-30-04 |
| qqq: <chessical> what does "attain prose grin" mean? |
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Jun-30-04
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| Chessical: <qqq> It is an anagram of "Tigran Petrosian". I was playfully trying to get as close to LOL (laugh out loud) as I could using the letters of his name after reading his post of May 12th. Humour just doesn't seem to work if you try to explain it! |
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| Jun-30-04 |
| Dick Brain: I think he is proud of his middle name because I don't think using one is at all universal in Scandanavia. |
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| Jul-22-05 |
| Halldor: From: Robert James Fischer
<Montreal1666: <Halldor:> A Technical Question. They say this player is from Iceland: Helgi Ass Gretarsson. Is that his middle name!!!!? And how common is it?> Yes, he lives in Reykjavik. The right spelling of his second name is actually Áss, but for the sake of convenience Icelandic words are often deprived of their native super-structure. Á is the diphthong [au]. Áss or Ás means an ancient Nordic god (plural: Æsir =Aesir). It is more common in connections such as Ásgeir, Ásmund, Ásþór [austhour], etc. The word becomes 'os' in Old English, meaning 'god', and in Althochdeutch it becomes 'ans-', or 'ansi-' in names such as Ansbert, Ansgard, Anselm. The origin is unclear. (In modern Scandinavien languages it is: 'as'; in German: 'Ase'.) |
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Nov-13-05
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| Joshka: <Halldor> Helgi was World Junior Champ in 1994!! Did he give up the game? |
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| Dec-12-05 |
| Halldor: <Joshka> I just saw your post now, sorry! I'm rather irregular reader here, sometimes I only check the puzzle of the day. Helgi Áss has been busy studying law, so I don't know if he has been playing the last two years, but still he writes about chess for the newspaper Morgunblaðið - a popular daily chess corner with a puzzle from some recent game, and also irregular longer chess columns. |
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| Dec-12-05 |
| williscreek: His pic at http://fide.com/ratings/card.phtml?... makes him look like the kiss-ass on the American version of The Office |
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| Jan-08-06 |
| Poisonpawns: How do we pronounce this guys name in english? |
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| Jan-08-06 |
| offramp: You don't pronounce it... You experience it. You live it. |
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Mar-20-06
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| Timothy Glenn Forney: Ass is pronouced ACE in english.It means Mouth piece of God,like the spoken Word of God. |
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Mar-20-06
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| Timothy Glenn Forney: Its a nordic word not english, ass in english of course has a different meaning.ass in nordic is like wind or air I believe.Ask someone from Norway they would know better than me,but its pronouced ACE |
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| Jul-17-06 |
| agnarlarusson: Like ´Halldor´ just said, it´s pronounced [aus] |
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| Sep-15-06 |
| BIDMONFA: Helgi Ass Gretarsson GRETARSSON, Helgi Ass
http://www.bidmonfa.com/gretarsson....
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