| Oct-24-06 | | technical draw: Could someone provide a BIo, pls. |
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| Oct-24-06 | | Resignation Trap: <technical draw> Here is a good start:
http://www.newyorkmasters.com/playe... . |
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| Oct-24-06 | | technical draw: Thanks <RT>..... |
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| Apr-24-09 | | technical draw: Not many comments about Rao. Since he quit chess to work for GAO in Goa he's been MIA. Or maybe he's following the doctrines of Mao? Who knows? (No he's not training boas in Laos.) |
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| Apr-24-09 | | AnalyzeThis: The think about Rao was that he was known for an encyclopedic knowledge of the openings.... he had a tremendous amount of stuff memorized in the openings. |
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| Mar-05-11 | | I play the Fred: Judge Judy is on right now, and there is a young man, 17-20 years old, by the name of Vivek Rao testifying for the defense. Does the Vivek Rao on this page have a son by the same name? |
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| Oct-16-12 | | WinchesterChessClub: IM Vivek Rao will once again play a simultaneous exhibition against club members in Winchester MA on Oct 26, 2012. See www.winchesterchessclub.org for information. He does not have a son of the same name. |
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| May-24-16 | | Caissanist: After stepping away from competitive chess, Rao got a job as a quant in a derivatives firm, per Business INsider: http://www.businessinsider.com/29-e... . |
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May-24-16
 | | perfidious: Lot of familiar names from my past in that link.
About the last time I saw Vivek, he was first board for the Harvard side in a Boston Met league match in the 1988-89 season, losing to Colm Daly, while I lost to Dan Edelman on board two. |
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| May-25-16 | | Howard: Whatever became to Edelman, anyway?
How about Alex Sherzer ? He was a doctor, the last I heard. |
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Jun-18-22
 | | PawnSac: I met Vivic at the 21st World Open 1993. I worked 1 block away on Presidential Blvd in Philadelphia, got off at 7pm, and walked across the street to the Adams Mark Hotel on City Ave. The games were going strong in the main playing room, but down the hall was another room for post game analysis, unrated, and blitz. I got in line at a crowded 5 minute table, sat in turn, and won as black. The next challenger sat across from me. I played the white side of a Queens Gambit. I could tell he was a strong player. As we moved through the opening he played quickly and accurately. As his play slowed (out of book) I advanced and sac'ed the B pawn. He captured with a rook lift, then relocated it to g5 facing my king [an interesting and novel idea, except it not so obviously left his back rank weaker]. I launched a combination that crashed through, sac'ed my Q for his other rook, and mated him on the back rank with my rook. He smiled, thanked me, and as he walked away some guy asked.. "Do you know who that was?" I had no clue. He explained.. "You just beat Vivic Rao! He's an IM with a USCF rating nearly 2600!" I came back the next day after work. Shabalov, Yermo, Watson were on top boards, but I looked around and found Vivic about a dozen moves into a game playing the black side. I watched him win [ vs. Ardaman? ]. He was a much better player, I just got lucky in the blitz game. I should have recorded it for posterity, but oh well. Unfortunately I didn't get to introduce myself and speak with him. The other highlight was watching Browne & Dzindzi square off at bantor blitz for about an hour. They both stood taunting each other, obviously entertaining the crowd. It was great fun. |
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Jun-18-22
| | PawnSac: Here's something I find interesting:
< Overall record: +5 -16 =6 (29.6%) > ok let's round it off to 30% so..
The cg database gives Vivic a 30% win ratio, but look at his opponents!
A world champion, at least 6 US open champs, and many other strong players.. Kasparov, Browne, Yermolinski, Wolff, Benjamin, Kudrin, Shabalov, Gulko, Christiansen, Kamsky, Albert, Gurevich, Ivanov, and on and on. These are all top tier players of their day! Vivic is mixing with all the heavyweights and pulling a win ratio like that?! That's quite impressive. Think about it... To even get paired with these guys one must be rated high enough for early pairings, OR must perform very well the first 2/3 of a tournament with high enough point standing to face them head on in later rounds. Either way, he had to play some strong chess to even survive up there where the air is thin <g> < Moral of the story: Don't be misled by a win record. What does it REALLY say? > It's unfortunate we don't have more of his games. It would be nice to play over some of the wins that earned him the IM title! |
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| Jun-28-22 | | ghost5: A 14-year old Vivek drew against Spassky at the 1985 US Open. Spassky scored 10/12 and shared 1-3 with Seirawan and Benjamin. I'll submit the game in the next day or two after transcribing it from Chess Life. |
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