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May-16-13 | | BIDMONFA: Dr. Anthony Saidy SAIDY, Anthony
http://www.bidmonfa.com/saidy_antho...
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May-16-13 | | Sho: Neat guy. Seems like a link between America's chess past and future. |
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May-16-13
 | | WannaBe: Holy crap, I took that photo in 2005?!?! |
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May-17-13
 | | Benzol: He looks a bit like actor Brion James. |
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May-17-13 | | RookFile: <Whitehat1963: what titles might we come up with to characterize the following players: > Don't know about the others, but a good one for Karpov would be "Just win, baby". |
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Jun-23-14 | | WJW147: It takes excellent craftsmen, such as the good doctor, to make great craftsmen such as Alekhine and Morphy. They crafted their skills by playing "outside the box" against good players and the excellent craftsmen of Dr Saidy's ilk.
(RJF 1972)
Thanks to you, Doctor Anthony Saidy. |
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Mar-09-15
 | | WTHarvey: Here's 14 critical positions from his games: http://wtharvey.com/said.html Find the winning moves. |
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May-16-16 | | TheFocus: Happy birthday, Anthony Saidy. |
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May-16-17 | | TheTamale: Saidy is eighty, which rhymes. Coincidence?? I think not... |
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May-16-17
 | | WannaBe: He doesn't look a day over 67 in that picture!! =)) Wow, has it been that long, already?! |
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May-19-18 | | reti: I read his book, and I wonder if he ever became an International Master. |
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May-19-18
 | | WannaBe: <reti> Read the wiki link in his profile section. |
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Jul-16-20 | | Helios727: In his book BOCI, Saidy uses the word "Retiesque." I cannot find a definition for this word. What does it mean? |
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Jul-16-20
 | | beatgiant: <Helios727> In the style or manner of Richard Reti |
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Jul-16-20
 | | saffuna: <In the style or manner of Richard Reti> Which means what? Not occupying the center, but attacking it instead? Not that I am any expert, but when I read "Retiesque" I think of this famous game: Kasparov vs Karpov, 1987. |
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Jul-17-20 | | Helios727: saffuna, viewing it in context I think Saidy meant it just as you said. |
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Oct-26-20
 | | FSR: Saidy appears to be the oldest player to defeat a GM in a tournament game at standard time controls. In Round 3 of the National Open, played sometime between June 17 and 19, 2019, Saidy, aged 82 years and 1 month, beat grandmaster Vladimir Belous (age 25). http://www.uschess.org/msa/XtblMain... You might rejoin that Korchnoi beat Joe Gallagher in the 2012 Swiss Championship, but Korchnoi at the time was a mere lad of 81 years, 3 months, and 20 days. Korchnoi vs J Gallagher, 2012. |
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Oct-26-20
 | | WannaBe: < WannaBe: Holy crap, I took that photo in 2005?!?!> Holy Batman, I took that photo 15+ years ago? I've been on CG.com way to long. I can't even count how many (online) business that have gone out of biz in those 15 years. Guess I should be happy we are still here and commenting on Dr. Saidy. Maybe after I kick the bucket, he can give me a free autopsy. =))) |
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Oct-27-20
 | | FSR: <WannaBe> You are Yu? |
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Nov-28-22
 | | Fusilli: Dr Saidy played his last tournament so far in June 2019, at 82. It was the National Open in Las Vegas, a 9-round Swiss. Dr Saidy took four byes, and scored +2 =2 -1 in the five games he played. It was a strong performance, considering his opponents. You can see the crosstable on the USCF website: http://www.uschess.org/msa/XtblMain.... He went up 31 rating points. I am guessing that the pandemic forced him to stop. I hope he gets to compete again! |
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Nov-28-22
 | | Fusilli: <FSR: Saidy appears to be the oldest player to defeat a GM in a tournament game at standard time controls.> Right! And then there is this: Najdorf vs Denker, 1996, and possibly other games from the same tournament... But all the players were fairly old! Belous, on the other hand, was close to turn 26 when he lost to Saidy. |
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Nov-28-22
 | | FSR: I once won a Wikipedia auction for a chess book over Saidy. Ha! |
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Dec-24-22
 | | Fusilli: <FSR> I didn't know there was such a thing as a <Wikipedia auction>. Care to elaborate? How much did you pay? And for which book? Now, if it was a joke, it went totally over my head! :) I loved <The March of Chess Ideas>, btw. |
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Dec-25-22
 | | offramp: In this picture Mr Saidy is signing a photo for an autograph hunter. |
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Feb-15-23
 | | FSR: <Fusilli> Sorry, I am senile. I once won an eBay auction over Saidy. Being senile, I don't remember which book. |
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