KENNETH ROGOFF (born Mar-22-1953, 72 years old) United States of America [what is this?] Kenneth Saul Rogoff learned chess from his father at 6, but only took up the game in earnest when he received a chess set for his 13th birthday. He was soon recognized as a chess prodigy. By age 14, he was a USCF Master and New York State Open Champion, and shortly thereafter became a Senior Master, the highest US national title. At 16, Rogoff dropped out of high school to concentrate on chess. He won the 1969 United States Junior Championship. Rogoff spent the next several years living primarily in Europe and playing in tournaments there. He finished third in the 1971 World Junior Championship, behind winner Werner Hug and Zoltan Ribli (second). At 18, he decided to go to college and pursue a career in economics rather than become a chess professional, but continued to play and improve for several years afterward. FIDE awarded Rogoff the IM title in 1974, and the GM title in 1978. His best tournament result was second place at the United States Championship (1975), half a point behind six-time champion Walter Browne. This qualified him for the Biel Interzonal (1976), where he finished tied for 13th–15th. He tied for second with eight other players at Lone Pine (1976), half a point behind Tigran Petrosian. Rogoff tied for first at Norristown (1973) and Orense 1976. Early in his economics career, Rogoff served as chief economist at the International Monetary Fund and also on the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System. He is currently the Thomas D. Cabot Professor of Public Policy and Professor of Economics at Harvard University. Rogoff's biography in his own words: https://scholar.harvard.edu/rogoff/... Rogoff's game against Magnus Carlsen in August 2012 in New York: https://en.chessbase.com/post/magnu... Article by Rogoff in ChessBase, titled "Rogoff on innovation, unemployment, inequality and dislocation," with particular reference to professional chess: https://en.chessbase.com/post/rogof... Interview on the Perpetual Chess Podcast: https://www.perpetualchesspod.com/n... chess.com interview of Rogoff: https://www.chess.com/article/view/... Rochester Beacon interviews Rogoff: https://rochesterbeacon.com/2025/05... Interview on The Ben Shapiro Show: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wic... (starting at 30:33) Wikipedia article: Kenneth Rogoff Last updated: 2025-07-09 00:24:49

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page 1 of 11; games 1-25 of 275  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. Larsen vs K Rogoff ½-½ 35 1968 Canadian Open A02 Bird's Opening 2. K Rogoff vs Z Vranesic   1-0 36 1968 Canadian Open B45 Sicilian, Taimanov 3. K Rogoff vs M Fuller   1-0 32 1969 Middlesex County Championship C03 French, Tarrasch 4. S Reuben vs K Rogoff   0-1 59 1969 Middlesex County Championship A16 English 5. K Rogoff vs J van den Berg   ½-½ 46 1969 Churchill Memorial Open C72 Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense, 5.O-O 6. G H Bennett vs K Rogoff   1-0 23 1969 Churchill Memorial Open D86 Grunfeld, Exchange 7. K Rogoff vs M Fuller 1-0 21 1969 Churchill Memorial Open B43 Sicilian, Kan, 5.Nc3 8. D B Pritchard vs K Rogoff   1-0 29 1969 Churchill Memorial Open A07 King's Indian Attack 9. K Rogoff vs H Akvist   ½-½ 44 1969 Churchill Memorial Open C93 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Smyslov Defense 10. K Rogoff vs N A Perkins   1-0 36 1969 Middlesex County Championship B23 Sicilian, Closed 11. R Harman vs K Rogoff   ½-½ 34 1969 Middlesex County Championship B14 Caro-Kann, Panov-Botvinnik Attack 12. K Rogoff vs S Spencer 1-0 20 1969 USA Junior Invitational Championship B15 Caro-Kann 13. S Hawes vs K Rogoff   0-1 41 1969 Middlesex County Championship B13 Caro-Kann, Exchange 14. K Rogoff vs M Hawley   1-0 29 1969 Middlesex County Championship B00 Uncommon King's Pawn Opening 15. M Blaine vs K Rogoff   ½-½ 37 1969 Middlesex County Championship A16 English 16. K Rogoff vs H Israel   ½-½ 44 1969 Middlesex County Championship A00 Uncommon Opening 17. E M Green vs K Rogoff ½-½ 37 1969 World Junior Championship qual-3 B12 Caro-Kann Defense 18. K Rogoff vs A Urzica   ½-½ 26 1969 World Junior Championship qual-3 C84 Ruy Lopez, Closed 19. K Rogoff vs J Bellon Lopez 1-0 34 1969 World Junior Championship qual-3 A07 King's Indian Attack 20. K Rogoff vs Andersson 0-1 33 1969 World Junior Championship qual-3 A22 English 21. R Meulders vs K Rogoff   0-1 49 1969 World Junior Championship qual-3 A07 King's Indian Attack 22. K Rogoff vs J Green-Krotki   1-0 46 1969 World Junior Championship Final-B C05 French, Tarrasch 23. K Rogoff vs S Bouaziz   ½-½ 45 1969 World Junior Championship Final-B A00 Uncommon Opening 24. E M Green vs K Rogoff   0-1 25 1969 World Junior Championship Final-B A36 English 25. K Rogoff vs J Kristiansen   1-0 35 1969 World Junior Championship Final-B B69 Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer Attack, 7...a6 Defense, 11.Bxf6  page 1 of 11; games 1-25 of 275

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< Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 3797 OF 3898 ·  Later Kibitzing> Jul-17-25    saffuna: <President Trump Goes Off on Governor “Newscum,” Cancels Funding for California’s Failed $130 Billion “High Speed Train to Nowhere> Listen to the Newsom speech I posted above. Jul-17-25    diceman: Donald Trump: Thank you to Ken Langone. Very nice! https://truthsocial.com/@realDonald... Jul-17-25    MarcusBierce: Trump trying to bury the Epstein Files. Sad Jul-17-25    perfidious: <saffuna>, for some unfathomable reason I never paid the Argentine temptress much mind, but she is about be promoted. Jul-17-25    The Integrity: < diceman: <Rdb: Perhaps, eventually, <hemateme> too would start ignoring these fools 😂> Ignoring, how Rbd refutes the right! Rdb speaks 4 languages. American, Hin> The Brown Clown. Jul-17-25    perfidious: <saffuna: It's 9:30 on the West Coast. Has Trump changed his mind again on firing Jerome Powell?> <taco> is incontrovertible proof that changing one's mind is not solely a feminine prerogative. Jul-17-25    MarcusBierce: <I guess it didn't take the libs long to smell blood in the water with regards to the Epstein Files controversy, but CNN cautions libs to lower their expectations as they hold only a 2-seat advantage right now.> Is Trump playing 33-D chess, getting the Dems to release some sort of fake “Epstein Files?” Remember, they are all on the same team. And btw, Iran has been “close to developing a nuclear weapon” for decades now… yet people still fall for it. Amazing. BTW Iran is the last of 7 countries marked for usurpation, planned since months after the false flag known as 9/11: Iraq, Syria, Lebanon, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Iran. https://youtu.be/Eo6u9DpASp8?featur... Perhaps a bit delayed, yet all going according to plan. Don’t forget to get your REAL IDs! Jul-17-25    The Integrity: The Brown Clown 👳🏿 Jul-17-25    The Integrity: <NOZZLE> new emoji 👳🏿 We have everything we need now. Jul-17-25    diceman: <saffuna: <President Trump Goes Off on Governor “Newscum,” Cancels Funding for California’s Failed $130 Billion “High Speed Train to Nowhere> Listen to the Newsom speech I posted above.> Listen to the Yap, Yap, Yap, I posted above. Fixed What their liar mouths say doesn’t matter. What we actually get is lots of failure and atrocity. For lots of money. (I guess when you can kill blacks for Trillions. You get spoiled) Jul-17-25    saffuna: <Is Trump playing 33-D chess, getting the Dems to release some sort of fake “Epstein Files?”> That is always a possibility. Like Bugs Bunny saying "Don't put me in that hole, anything but the hole?" But somehow I don't think Trump is that good an actor. Jul-17-25    saffuna: <Listen to the Yap, Yap, Yap, I posted above.> <diceman> reveals he is too cowardly to listen to the Governor of California. Jul-17-25    diceman: <saffuna: <Listen to the Yap, Yap, Yap, I posted above.> <diceman> reveals he is too cowardly to listen to the Governor of California> Jimmy-Boy is desperate! Hopefully he can yap, yap, yap, life and liberty. (at low cost) (But I don’t like his odds, Back of the Bus never works with the greatest racist bigots in the history of the Repiblic) Jul-17-25    saffuna: Yes, <diceman> is far too big a wuss to actual listen to the Governor of California. Jul-17-25    al wazir: <saffuna: Like Bugs Bunny saying "Don't put me in that hole, anything but the hole?"> Is it possible that you're confusing Bugs Bunny with Uncle Remus's Br'er Rabbit? <"Don't throw me in that briar patch!"> https://www.gregoryforman.com/blog/... Jul-17-25    saffuna: Yes, definitely. Jul-17-25    HeMateMe: I don't think Trump voters care if he buggered Sister Jean of Loyola. They don't care if he might have raped a woman in a clothing store dressing room near Trump Tower. Epstein is just a speed bump. Jul-17-25    Rdb: Oh, come on! Let us stop feeding trolls <diceman> and <the integrity> 🙏 Jul-17-25    perfidious: <HMM: <Integrity: Well, now you know why I didn't vote for Trump in 2024.> If that's true then why do you blow him every chance you can? Are you even an American citizen?> No chance he is telling the truth. As to the other, that is the way he runs. Being an American citizen does not make <fagasaurus antonin> close to a decent human being. Jul-17-25    diceman: <Rdb: Oh, come on! Let us stop feeding trolls <diceman> and <the integrity>> Loser can’t even follow his own orders! Jul-17-25    Rdb: <fsr>, i am firmly with you, <al wazir>, <johnlspouge> and others now. We should repeatedly request <saffuna> not to quote <the integrity>, <diceman>, <gezafan>. Just imagine how it would feel that these fools hurling abusing, insults and such and no one quoting these fools, no one reacting to these fools. It would feel so wonderful 😂 not feeding trolls is so powerful 🙏 Jul-17-25    The Integrity: Somewhere off screen the <Brown Clown> 👳🏿 is seething. Jul-17-25    Rdb: My heartiest thanks to <al wazir>, <fsr>, <johnlspouge> and others (and <keypusher> too). I am finally so close to reaching the level that i always wanted - what krishna, buddha, jesus taught. To never react, to always be calm, equanimus, equable, unflappable.... Not reacting to trolls and not feeding trolls is a big step towards that 🙏 . Jul-17-25    al wazir: <Rdb: My heartiest thanks to <al wazir>, <fsr>, <johnlspouge> and others (and <keypusher> too). I am finally so close to reaching the level that i always wanted - what krishna, buddha, jesus taught. To never react, to always be calm, equanimus, equable, unflappable.> Moi? Jul-17-25    Rdb: < al wazir: <Rdb: My heartiest thanks to <al wazir>, <fsr>, <johnlspouge> and others (and <keypusher> too). I am finally so close to reaching the level that i always wanted - what krishna, buddha, jesus taught. To never react, to always be calm, equanimus, equable, unflappable.> Moi?> Yes, sir, you are firmly accused. See, spiritual progress (progress in meditation - reaching the level of perfect, genuine, internal equanimity, peace, calmness ) is not linear - one experiences quantum jumps. You asked me not to quote trolls, ignore trolls. I listened to you and followed your advice and all of a sudden (in a matter of few days ), there was this quantum jump. So, how do you plead, sir? Do you plead guilty as charged 🙏 Jump to page #    (enter # from 1 to 3898) search thread:    < Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 3797 OF 3898 ·  Later Kibitzing>

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