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| Nov-08-22 | | Chessius the Messius: Latest news:
https://en.chessbase.com/post/karpo... |
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| Nov-11-22 | | stone free or die: I just woke up <Missy>, any news about the vodka yet? . |
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| Nov-12-22 | | Cibator: Note to moderators and/or administrators: the post immediately prior to this one is totally off-topic and I suggest it be removed to a more appropriate location. |
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Nov-12-22
 | | HeMateMe: <they could to make Bobby appear like he was nuts /wacko/ect.> And here I thought it was Bobby Fischer who did everything <he> could do to look like a wack job. But hey, I don't think Karpov disliked Fischer. BF's outsized antics and chess talent did increase prize money in chess and probably helped create more tournaments for professionals. I dare say Anatoly Karpov made more money 1975-85 than any grandmaster ever, before him. Think about it. Anyone remember the Church Chicken chess circuit? Petrosian played in it. So did all of the best American players of the day (except of course the reclusive Fischer). Fischer's problem was he thought the rules did not apply to Bobby Fischer. when the American state department says "you can't go to country 'X' to engage in commercial activities..." then you can't go. It's really that simple. Being a racist doesn't help, either. |
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| Nov-13-22 | | Granny O Doul: William Safire, late language maven at the New York Times, once opined that "grandmaster" was the absolute best title, rejecting "Imperial Wizard" as too grandiose, and I forget where he felt "all-world" fell short, but in any case it doesn't really work as a noun. William Winter reported Alekhine telling him something like "you call me grandmaster but I'm not even a master. Chess will always be the master of us all". |
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Nov-13-22
 | | perfidious: So long as the appellation is not Grand Imperial Wizard. |
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| Nov-13-22 | | Cibator: <HeMateMe:Anyone remember the Church Chicken chess circuit?>
I remember the Church's Fried Chicken tournament in San Antonio, 1972, won jointly by Petrosian, Karpov and Portisch. Thought that was a one-off, though, not part of a circuit. IIRC, Fischer said of it something to the effect that the event was too weak and the money was "nothing". [Note: my previous post on this page appears to have been acted upon. The one that immediately precedes it now is NOT the one I was referring to.] |
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Nov-13-22
| | perfidious: Do not recall any talk of a 'Church's circuit', though certainly the event in San Antonio was one worth remembering, despite any comments Fischer may have made to slag it. Tough lot at the top of the crosstable. |
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Nov-13-22
| | HeMateMe: Not a one off. I think the owner of a gauntlet of fried chicken joints was named Jose Cucci. He was a chess enthusiast and sponsored pro tournaments for several years. Times got a bit leaner in the '80s and church chicken partnered up with Godfather's Pizza, those 2 in 1 franchises that were very common for awhile. I think both companies went out of business. |
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Nov-13-22
| | perfidious: Jose Cuchi sponsored the New York Open. |
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| Nov-13-22 | | Granny O Doul: Church's sponsored a number of things; for instance, a Larry Christiansen sumul tour in the late 70's, and they were the original sponsor of the USCF's grand prix in 1980, I think it was. Not sponsoring individual events, but paying prizes to the top ten or whatever number of point-earners throughout the year. Jose Cuchi's company was called Heraldica Imports, and at first he specialized in organizing big-money class tournaments (a whole bunch of them in 1979, which coincided with a seven-month stretch of broken ratings computer at the USCF), but eventually the class players tired of them and he then concentrated on the New York Open. |
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Nov-14-22
| | HeMateMe: If memory serves (being a faithful Chess Life reader) wasn't the knock on the Church Chicken tour that it was the same group of American players at every single stop, and people just got bored with it. Of course the players were happy to have a way to make a living, but there wasn't enough variety to generate continued interest in this chess Grand Prix, or whatever it was called. |
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| Nov-22-22 | | stone free or die: <Missy> may have lost interest, but here's some good news for Karpov fans: <<Karpov is back home>11/18/2022 – The news from Russia about Karpov's accident and state of health have been confusing and contradictory. In the end, it appears as if everything was far less serious than reported and Karpov was able to send greetings to the Karpov Festival in Cap d'Agde. Now the 12th world champion is back home.
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https://en.chessbase.com/post/karpo... |
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| Dec-15-22 | | iges04: Karpov: “I think I was attacked. It looks like a blow. Most likely from behind.
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I did not waste my time in the hospital, thinking over future articles, for example, on the historical and political topic of relations between Russia, Poland and the so-called Ukraine" |
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| Dec-15-22 | | stone free or die: <iges04> where is the Karpov quote from? . |
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| Dec-16-22 | | iges04: https://ecforum.org.uk/viewtopic.ph...
He gave an interview to the Russian newspaper "Moscow komsomolets". |
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| Dec-16-22 | | stone free or die: Thanks <iges04>. The ecforum post links to a tweet from <Chess-News Шахматы без цензуры> on the <Chess-News Uncensored Chess> forum. I never really trusted tweeter too much, even less so these days. But I'll still share the link: https://twitter.com/Chess__News/sta... . |
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| Jan-09-23 | | Honest Adin Reviews: karpov needs to speak against putin and get his ass back to play some serious chess, in 1999 he drew 8 games with piket, he should have won one game but time pressure killed order of winning moves: encyclopediasupreme.org/0000/karpov |
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| Mar-04-23 | | fabelhaft: Summary of Karpov’s comment on Kosteniuk’s federation switch: <She has lived in America and Paris. Why discuss her? This won’t make our women’s chess weaker. I don’t care. She has already retired from professional chess anyway> https://twitter.com/chess__news/sta... Kosteniuk (38 years old and World #7) won the Women's Grand Prix (2023) last month. |
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Mar-04-23
 | | MissScarlett: Karpov's talking like he had a bang on the head. |
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| Mar-12-23 | | Honest Adin Reviews: so is karpov technically still fide champion? mind you, he is undefeated in match play after kasparov except for short match; he would be de-facto champion if he would not abdicate his crown for miserable 50k:
https://encyclopediasupreme.org/000... |
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May-14-23
 | | FSR: <Fusilli> A lot of non-players seem to think "master" is the same as "grandmaster." As we know, that is not <quite> accurate. |
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Jun-29-23
| | HeMateMe: Does anyone remember what this was all about? Anatoly Karpov and Senator Ted Kennedy? <https://www.bing.com/images/search?...> Seems an odd pairing. I wonder if girls and vodka were involved...? Jus sayin... |
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| Jun-29-23 | | Petrosianic: Some kind of Glasnost thing. Teddy was quite the Russophile. If you're that curious, you could, you know, actually read the article to see what it's about, since all old Chess Lives are available free online. |
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Jun-29-23
| | HeMateMe: It was 3am. I didn't feel like searching and reading, you know. |
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