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| May-01-19 | | Helios727: Has anyone else noticed that in Seirawan Chess an Elephant generally defeats a Rook or Bishop Pawn on the 7th rank (even if defended by its king), while a Queen generally only draws? |
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May-01-19
 | | Joshka: The only American GM to visit with Bobby during his 92 Match with Boris. Bobby was very much appreciative. Happy belated Birthday and have many more!! PS You were the first GM I ever had the chance to meet and greet back in 1987 in Nevada at the National Open. You and Boris Gulko tied for first I believe and you guys were playing a tie breaker!? Anyway you were so gracious and made my first impressions on GM's very positive!! |
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May-01-19
| | Joshka: Yasser also has a resume any chess player would be able to boast about!! Scalps from Spassky, Karpov and Kasparov!! You can also throw in Korchnoi! In fact Korchnoi thought so much of Yasser he hired him to be his second in a Championship Match against Karpov. Any other American GM's who can claim these same scalps!?? |
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May-01-19
| | Joshka: He also must have played some blitz games with Bobby as well. Has anyone ever asked him if he was able to beat Bobby a game or two? If he did that would be 4 World Chess Champions plus Korchnoi , who most agree was the strongest NON World Champ!! Let's give Yasser some props!! |
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| May-02-19 | | JustAnotherMaster: Didn’t V Pupols, just another master as myself beat this wimp down like clown? |
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| May-02-19 | | JustAnotherMaster: Korchnoi said Aronian had infinite more chess talent than Carlsen...lmao |
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May-02-19
 | | saffuna: <Korchnoi said Aronian had infinite more chess talent than Carlsen...lmao> The player with more talent is not necessarily the better player. |
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May-02-19
 | | perfidious: The world is rife with examples of those--and by no means is this true only in chess--with the harder-working of a pair making the most of themselves. |
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May-02-19
| | saffuna: Not just that--there's mental strength, ability to concentrate, deal with off-the-board factors, etc. |
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May-02-19
 | | beatgiant: <Joshka>
<Any other American GM's who can claim these same scalps!??>Kamsky has scalps from Tal, Karpov, Kasparov, Kramnik, Anand, Carlsen, and Korchnoi. |
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May-02-19
| | perfidious: <saffuna>, in one of the Baseball Abstracts, James quotes a manager discussing talent in what I considered an incisive way--do not believe he even mentioned the manager's name, but it went something to the effect of 'What the hell is talent? Talent is just doing what you're supposed to do' or some such words. |
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May-02-19
 | | moronovich: <saffuna: Not just that--there's mental strength, ability to concentrate, deal with off-the-board factors, etc.> Things which also can be improved by hard work. |
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May-02-19
 | | keypusher: People think of talent as something you’re born with and hard work, gumption, strong nerves etc as something you do for yourself, but in fact all psychological traits are substantially heritable (see Robert Plomim, Blueprint). It’s not particularly relevant here anyway. I think MC has better nerves and probably superior physical endurance than Aronian, but is that enough to explain his superiority over him? I doubt it. Korchnoi was talking rot. |
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May-02-19
| | saffuna: Of course the ability to concentrate and hold your nerve during a game could be considered a talent. |
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| May-05-19 | | Helios727: Too bad Bobby chose to belittle him on the radio shows that came later. |
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Jul-23-19
 | | PawnSac: < In July, 1990, he was #10 on the FIDE rating list at 2635. > and today #10 is almost 130 pts higher.
talk about rating inflation!
But the Yaz is a very fine positional player. I enjoy his live commentary very much, and my pet peeve is when lesser players talk over him. He is very reserved but usually has some excellent observations. |
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| Nov-05-19 | | WorstPlayerEver: Chessbrah uploaded some masterclasses with Seirawan: https://m.youtube.com/user/chessbra... |
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| Mar-24-20 | | edbermac: Happy 60th Birthday Yaz!
https://en.chessbase.com/post/congr... |
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Mar-24-20
| | hansj: Happy Birthday Yasser! |
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Aug-12-20
 | | Dionysius1: I yield to no-one in my respect for the impact Yasser has had, with his negotiating as well as his playing skills. But my goodness, I can't think of anyone who can speak such a high proportion of logically superfluous words! They feel comfortable enough until I begin to catch on and then counting the superfluous to the useful gets obsessive. His books don't have the same drawback - they've quite a strong narrative/analytical thrust. |
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Aug-12-20
 | | harrylime: Gotta say I really warmed to him handling that 9 year old today ... chess youtube chat was toxic with all kinds of sewer garbage ... Respects Yasser x |
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Aug-12-20
| | Dionysius1: Hear! hear! |
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Sep-07-20
 | | Everett: <memberMay-02-19 beatgiant: <Joshka>
<Any other American GM's who can claim these same scalps!??>
Kamsky has scalps from Tal, Karpov, Kasparov, Kramnik, Anand, Carlsen, and Korchnoi.> Kamsky certainly didn’t become great from his time as a US citizen. |
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| Nov-02-20 | | offramp: Here is a poem by James Joyce. He wasn't a very good poet. <Frail the white rose and frail are
Her hands that gave
Whose soul is sere and paler
Than time's wan wave.>
See the last two lines?:
<Whose soul is <sere> and paler
Than time's <wan> wave.> |
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Oct-12-21
 | | suenteus po 147: <offramp> Did you actually read all of Chamber Music, or just that one poem? |
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