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Sep-15-05
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| RookFile: Yeah, she's almost as good at Bobby
Fischer was at the age of 13. |
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| Sep-15-05 |
| ughaibu: Nowhere near Geller or Tal then. |
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Sep-15-05
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| Sneaky: 13 year old Geller? 13 year old Tal? I didn't know that either Geller or Tal were prodigies. Oh wait, I'm sorry, you were just talking stupid trash again. I should have guessed. |
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| Sep-15-05 |
| ughaibu: Sneaky: You're correct. I've decided on a policy of posting "stupid trash" in response to RookFile's irrelevent mentions of Fischer on the pages of other players. Like the idea? |
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Sep-15-05
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| Sneaky: OK, I understand. It almost makes sense. I do it myself--respond to a dumb post with one three times as dumb, to illustrate a point. Unfortunately I find that usually my point is lost and all I've done is contributed to the overall level of dumbness, but I perfectly understand the frustration that causes one to act that way. |
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Sep-15-05
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| RookFile: Bobby Fischer at age 13 is 2520, according to chessmetrics. Nona should be very proud. |
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| Sep-15-05 |
| ughaibu: According to Chessmetrics she didn't take up competitive chess until she was 18, also courtesy of Chessmetrics, among 13 year olds J.Polgar and Karjakin are in a class of their own. |
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Sep-15-05
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| RookFile: Wow, to think that she's reached the
level of chess that Bobby Fischer began his professional career at, is just awe inspiring. I bet that Smyslov would have a hard time playing her, nowadays, too. |
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| Sep-15-05 |
| ughaibu: RookFile: is there some point you're trying to make, other than reinforcing your image as a brain-dead, howling at the moon Fischer psychotic? |
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Sep-15-05
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| RookFile: Wow, you must be taking prose lessons from WMD, you're getting better. |
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Sep-15-05
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| chancho: Ebony, Ivory, living in perfect harmony.... |
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Sep-15-05
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| Swapmeet: One thing's for sure, she'd wipe the floor with you. Why on earth would you feel the need to insult a 64 year old woman who can play chess at a grandmaster level? |
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Sep-15-05
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| chancho: All we are saying...is give peace a chance... |
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| Mar-17-06 |
| IMFSTJP: Nona was one of the best. How many games does she have in here? |
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Mar-17-06
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| Karpova: <How many games does she have in here?> 728 games. but this information was hard to get ;-) |
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| Mar-17-06 |
| bob000: lol
IMFSTJP The number of games in the database is directly below the player's name. This includes blitz and other nonclassical time controls as well though. |
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| Mar-23-06 |
| BIDMONFA: Nona Gaprindashvili GAPRINDASHVILI, Nona
http://www.bidmonfa.com/gaprindashv...
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Mar-30-06
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| percyblakeney: Gaprindashvili is advancing on the April list, she now has 2375 which is her highest rating in five years. |
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| Jun-14-07 |
| Petrosianic: Nona actually got the GM title in 1978, not 1980. It's commonly believed that she was awarded the title merely for having been Women's World Champion, and that Susan Polgar is the first woman to have earned the title through the Norm system, but this is not the case. Nona *did* earn the title through the norm system, but some discretionary judgment was used. The whole story can be read in Pal Benko's column in the January 1979 issue of Chess Life & Review. Nona had the norms, but was a game or two short of the 24 game requirement. (And the 2500 Elo requirement didn't exist in the pre-inflation days of 1978). Some may remember how Frank Anderson missed the GM title in 1958 when he was prevented by illness from showing up for a game that would have given him the GM title even had he lost it. He had the norms, but was a game short of the overall requirement, and never got the title. 20 years later, things had loosened up enough that a little discretionary judgment could be used in borderline cases. I've heard (but am not completely certain) that Edmar Mednis got his title the same way. No discretion was used in Polgar's case, she had all the requirements, pure and simple. But Nona was the first female GM, and certainly earned it. |
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Aug-25-07
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| percyblakeney: A nice Gaprindashvili win from an ongoing tournament in Arnhem: [Event "Euwe Stimulans"]
[Site "Arnhem, the Netherlands"]
[Date "2007/8/21"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ziska, Helgi Dam"]
[Black "Gaprindashvili, Nona"]
[Result "0-1"]
1. e4 g6 2. d4 c6 3. Nc3 d5 4. f3 Bg7 5. Be3 dxe4 6. fxe4
e5 7. d5 cxd5 8. exd5 Nf6 9. h3 O-O 10. Qd2 Nbd7 11. Bc4
Ne8 12. O-O-O Nd6 13. Bb3 b5 14. h4 a5 15. a3 b4 16. axb4
axb4 17. Na2 Rxa2 18. Bxa2 Qa5 19. Kb1 Ne4 20. Qe1 Ba6
21. Bd2 Nxd2+ 22. Qxd2 Ra8 23. Rh3 Bd3 24. Qxd3 Qxa2+
25. Kc1 Bh6+ 26. Re3 Nc5 27. Qe2 Ne4 0-1
click for larger viewhttp://www.euwe-stimulans.nl/conten... |
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Sep-04-07
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| keypusher: In the early 1960s she seems to have been as far ahead of other women as Judit Polgar is now. Not only did she beat Bykova +7-0=4, she also won the preceding Candidates' tournament undefeated (+10-0=6). |
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Sep-04-07
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| RookFile: That is true, Gaprindashvili was head and shoulders above the other woman players in her prime. |
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Jan-14-08
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| Resignation Trap: Kasparov isn't the only one getting involved in politics: http://en.rian.ru/analysis/20080114... . |
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May-03-08
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| brankat: Happy Birthday Nona! |
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May-03-08
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| wanabe2000: Happy Birthday Ms. Gaprindashvili. I met you in Lone Pine CA at the Louis D. Statham tournament in 1977 where you were on your way to becoming a Grandmaster. Thanks for the great games over the years. |
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