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| Apr-24-08 |
| player2008: <positionalgenius> I understand your point of view. <Because he lost alot of fans there,and made several lifelong enemies.> It's true, but at least Veselin found out who were his real friends and fake friends. And speaking of fans, I think that Topalov's goal is not to have a lot of fans, actually in my opinion he doesn't even care about it.
As Topalov said in an interview, he can only think on chess, in this case he is like Bobby Fischer. Fischer took decisions thinking on himself and not on his fans, Topalov is doing the same thing. |
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Apr-24-08
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| talisman: Well.... i was a fan. i was pulling for him. couldn't pull for him after the Ole Toilet though. became a Kramnik Rooter overnight. pays his MGR 50% to lose fans? to make these kinds of decisions? maybe danailov will spend some of "his" money and hire a PR guy. |
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| Apr-24-08 |
| Petrosianic: <player2008> <Get the point! Topalov doesn't need "people" to forgive him.> You misunderstand. It's not that I didn't understand your point, I simply didn't believe you. I don't believe that Topalov has ever stated publicly that he doesn't care if his reputation is good or bad. I don't believe he told you that privately. Every celebrity cares whether they're loved or hated. Your claim seems absurd. |
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| Apr-24-08 |
| Abejorral: <player2008> <Get the point! Topalov doesn't need "people" to forgive him.> I agree, and nobody cares about what <Petrosianic> thinks also, but hey, coming from a Drawmik Fan, it doesnt surprise me. |
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Apr-24-08
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| positionalgenius: <abejorral>Are you Bufon? |
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Apr-25-08
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| badest: <ikipemiko: He has a girlfriend named Christina but he doesn't want to show her to publicity.> Well, I've heard that too - but don't you think it is amazing that he has kept her out of the "light"? I mean, the yellow press in BG would do anything for a few juicy pictures. |
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| Apr-25-08 |
| m00natic: yellow press in Bulgaria sucks as much as the white one...they wouldn't spend resources on chessplayer living abroad - instead much easier to waste tons of paper with fictionous (or worse - sometimes true) crap about mafia, pseudo-singers/whores, former wrestlers/pseudo-politicians and soccer drivellers. (and to be fair, it doesn't seem to me that Topa is that publicly popular, everybody knows him but few care where he plays or what he does out of chess, unless hog-wash like Elista happens to awaken biased commentators) |
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| Apr-25-08 |
| Petrosianic: <Abejorral> <I agree, and nobody cares about what Petrosianic thinks also> It doesn't make any sense to argue about something you claim not to care about. If you don't care what I say, then shut up and let me say it. Is your claim that Topalov doesn't care about his reputation based on public quotes by Topalov, or has he spoken to you privately? |
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| Apr-25-08 |
| Petrosianic: <badest> <Well, I've heard that too - but don't you think it is amazing that he has kept her out of the "light"? I mean, the yellow press in BG would do anything for a few juicy pictures.> Is Topalov that big a name in Bulgaria that the paparazzi would bother him? How big a name is he outside the chess community? |
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| Apr-25-08 |
| ikipemiko: <Petrosianic> Yes, Topalov is big name in Bulgaria, everybody knows who he is and he is one of the most popular sportsmen |
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| Apr-25-08 |
| player2008: <Abejorral> lol @ Drawmik fan! |
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| Apr-25-08 |
| Petrosianic: <ikipemiko> <Yes, Topalov is big name in Bulgaria, everybody knows who he is and he is one of the most popular sportsmen> As an American, I'm jealous of that.
How do people feel about him living in Spain? Is that no big deal? Does he get back to Bulgaria for appearances often? |
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Apr-25-08
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| badest: <Petrosianic:> Definitely no big deal. He comes to BG often and participates in a lot of different activities. It seems that he
has a genuine interest in Bulgaria and Bulgarian chess. |
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| Apr-25-08 |
| Petrosianic: I suppose by air from Spain to Bulgaria isn't a very long trip for the Jet (Chess) Set crowd... |
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| Apr-30-08 |
| revliskciuq: A funny commercial with Topalov:
http://chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp...
About Topalov being a star in Bulgaria - he appears sometimes in the public space such as the commercial above. But other than that he is not much of a celebrity. At least the press doesn't give him much credit which is a shame. |
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Apr-30-08
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| WannaBe: Should have played paper-clip to K-P6! |
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| Apr-30-08 |
| Petrosianic: <About Topalov being a star in Bulgaria - he appears sometimes in the public space such as the commercial above. But other than that he is not much of a celebrity.> They have a commercial like that in America, for American Express. You might get Jim Henson or Bob & Ray or somebody saying "In [my field] I'm a big name. But on the street, nobody knows who I am. That's why I carry the American Express card." |
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| May-05-08 |
| cannibal: From FIDE website:
<Dear Friends of chess,
The official announcement concerning the host country of the WCC semi-final match Kamsky-Topalov will be published and distributed by Monday 12 May 2008. Both qualifying players will be expected to sign their undertakings by Tuesday 27 May 2008. As originally planned, the WCC semi-final match will take place between 26 November and 11 December 2008. We are looking forward to a great match which will determine the challenger for the World Championship of 2009! Kirsan N. Ilyumzhinov
FIDE President> |
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May-11-08
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| parmetd: Anyone know more about this story: http://www.kcrg.com/news/local/1883... |
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May-11-08
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| percyblakeney: <Juett says he has no intention of becoming a professional chess player> Probably a good idea if you're 24 years old and rated 2015 :-) The article doesn't mention anything about Topalov playing blindfold (and having a winning position when draw was agreed), but Juett played well. http://videos.chessdom.com/mtel-mas... |
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| May-13-08 |
| VaselineTopLove: I had a dream last night that I was playing Veselin Topalov, while he was being assisted by two other amateurs, and I managed to Queen two of my pawns against him and it looked like I was winning, but woke up before the final outcome could be decided... |
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May-13-08
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| hrvyklly: <parmetd: Anyone know more about this story: http://www.kcrg.com/news/local/1883... > I loved this bit: "Now, he's played, and forced Veselin Topalov into a draw, which means the game ends without a victory for either player." Do people in Iowa not know what a draw means? |
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