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Mar-17-06
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| ketchuplover: Never heard of him before today :(
I hope he's playing Capablanca now. :) |
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| Mar-18-06 |
| Jim Bartle: "Never heard of him before today :( "
That's probably because he appears to be one of those Soviet players who was never allowed to travel to tournaments outside the Communist bloc. |
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| Mar-18-06 |
| babakova: Im actually quite familiar with mr Kholmov since one of the first chess books I ever read was about the soviet championships where he played some nice games. Rest in peace. |
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| Mar-18-06 |
| independentthinker: Babakova - what is the name of this book? do u have an amazon link? |
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| Mar-19-06 |
| babakova: The book is called simply "the soviet championships" and amazon do have it. Written by Cafferty and Mark Taimanov. Not an excellent book with annotations perhaps, but a gem when it comes to chess history. |
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| Mar-19-06 |
| DCP23: "Vstrechayas za doskoi s Ratmirom,
luboi okonchit boi rad mirom"
When meeting Ratmir over the board, anyone is happy with a draw. Not sure who's the author of the original. |
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| Mar-20-06 |
| stanleys: Rest in peace GM Kholmov! |
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| May-13-06 |
| BIDMONFA: Ratmir Kholmov KHOLMOV, Ratmir
http://www.bidmonfa.com/kholmov_rat...
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Aug-11-06
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| Timothy Glenn Forney: His knowledge of chess strategy is amazing. |
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Oct-19-07
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| Peligroso Patzer: An interesting excerpt from Kholmov's final interview (which can be found at the link provided by Iron Maiden [Mar-17-06]): Question: "Many things have changed. What do you think about the new FIDE time controls?" Kholmov: "I am at odds. On the one hand it is good for us, the older generation. You don't have to sit there for five hours or longer. That is very tiring. But for the grand game of chess the short time controls are suicide." |
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Oct-19-07
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| Peligroso Patzer: <Prugno: *** I hope some good author will pay tribute by writing a worthy book about his life and games.> This may or may not fully meet your criteria, but there is at least one book with 64 annotated games played by Kholmov: "Ratmir Holmov", by Aidan Woodger, The Chess Player (c)1999, ISBN 1 901034 23 2. |
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May-13-08
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| brankat: A very talented player Mr.Kholmov. After learning how to play the game at the age of twelve, it took him only a couple of years to reach the master's level! Very few, if any, compare to that. A fine tactician. I liked his attacking/aggressive approach to the game. Amongst his "victims" were Fischer, Spassky, Petrosian, and even Kasparov! I believe that many years of heavy alcohol abuse prevented Kholmov from accomplishing more. He was quite a legendary boozer. My kind of a guy :-) RIP GM Kholmov. |
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May-13-08
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| whiskeyrebel: He's my kind of guy too, even though his "tree" has been hacked down over the years by many sage critics. It just so happens I'm working on "How to Calculate Chess Tactics" by Valeri Beim, which rakes Kholmov over the coals..I feel deservedly, whereas of course others may not. Either way, Kholmov's infamous book was a mind blowing shot when it made it way to the U.S. when I was young. I raise my shot glass to him. |
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| May-13-08 |
| zoat22: did he ever become GM? |
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May-13-08
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| Benzol: <zoat22> <did he ever become GM?> Yes he did in 1960 and I thought that was in the bio originally. Maybe someone edited that bit out subsequently. |
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May-13-08
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| Calli: <Kholmov's infamous book> <whiskey> do you mean "Think Like a GM"? Thats Kotov not Kholmov. |
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May-13-08
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| whiskeyrebel: Yow!...pardon my K-name blunder. Thanks for pointing it out Calli. I feel like a knucklehead. |
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May-14-08
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| WannaBe: Yeah... All those names with K's... Kramnik, Kasparov, Karpov, Khiskeyrebel, KannaBe... =) |
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May-14-08
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| brankat: Mix those names with a few shots of whiskey, and pretty soon You can't tell between Kholmov and Kotov :-) |
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May-14-08
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| whiskeyrebel: Where's my krayons?
I'm gonna draw me a pitcher of Kapablanca, Keuwe, and the Klasker sisters. |
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| May-14-08 |
| Hafen Slawkenbergius: <brankat> Didn't you mean vodka? |
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May-14-08
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| whiskeyrebel: When my deceased Father (an always sober but crabby Professor) would lose a game to me, he often would angrily accuse me of playing the "Revashevsky" opening against him. I Don't know where he dreamed that one up or why he thought the Revashevsky was so lethal, but if I had corrected him he would've belted me. |
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May-14-08
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| brankat: <Hafen Slawkenbergius> I used "whiskey" because of <whiskeyrebel>'s handle :-) |
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| May-14-08 |
| najdorfman: There is a very funny story about Kholmov that goes something like this. He sits down at the chessboard quite drunk. He has the black pieces. The game goes 1. e4 Nc6 2. d4 b6 3.Nf3 e5??! (blundering away a pawn). Kholmov remarks, "I've been playing the Grunfeld Defense my whole life. Never have I gotten such a bad position out of that opening!" |
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May-14-08
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| keypusher: <najdorfman: There is a very funny story about Kholmov that goes something like this. He sits down at the chessboard quite drunk. He has the black pieces. The game goes 1. e4 Nc6 2. d4 b6 3.Nf3 e5??! (blundering away a pawn). Kholmov remarks, "I've been playing the Grunfeld Defense my whole life. Never have I gotten such a bad position out of that opening!"> I love the story, but I don't believe it. According to the database he never played 1...Nc6 against 1. e4 in his life. Repertoire Explorer: Ratmir Kholmov (black) Hmm, I wonder if the "Picky Killjoy" handle is taken. |
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