Sep-14-05 Alexandra Kosteniuk 
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| humanehuman: Is Meryl Streep in any of those movies? |
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Sep-14-05 Nigel Short
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| humanehuman: I think his life sounds terrific, living in the hills of Greece, being an olive farmer. Fresh air and land.He can have my stinking apartment any day.And if there's time to write a chess column or two, why not? |
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Sep-14-05 Kibitzer's Café
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| humanehuman: Philidor 1747 - 1795
· Deschapelles 1800 - 1821
· La Bourdonnais 1821 - 1840
· Saint-Amant 1840 - 1843
· Staunton 1843 - 1851
· Anderssen 1851 - 1858; 1862 - 1866
· Morphy 1858 - 1862
· Steinitz 1886 - 1894
· Lasker 1894 - 1921
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Sep-14-05 Robert James Fischer
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| humanehuman: It seems like Fischer's odd quotes about famous GMs from the past is more about his not liking their style, than about their real playing strength. I think he has bad mouthed Alekhine and Lasker, too great champions, but likes Capa and Morphy, whoose style seems a bit like his ... |
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Sep-14-05 Odd Lie
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| humanehuman: That new Supreme Court nominee really seems like an unbiased, middle of the road kind of guy. I know he would never repeal abortion rights or a woman's right to vote. |
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Sep-14-05 Susan Polgar
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| humanehuman: Ratings are too skewed to be good predictors. Just check on who is winning or placing high at the strongest tournaments. Vishy, anand, Kramnik, Polgar, Topalov, and some of the best russian players. A 13 year old kid getting a GM norm is no longer a definite predictor that this ... |
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Sep-14-05 Larsen vs B Eley, 1972
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| humanehuman: I got the first moves, but doesn't black still have a defensible position with two rooks and the knight? |
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Sep-10-05 Diego Gustavo Adla
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| humanehuman: South America would have been my first guess. |
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Sep-10-05 Beer
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| humanehuman: What about Freddie "Boom Boom" Washington from Welcome Back Kotter? And there is Art Garfunkel and the big red head kid from "Room 222." I think his name was Bernie. |
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Sep-10-05 Viswanathan Anand
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| humanehuman: At their peak, the super Ks (kaspy and karpy) are better than any of today's top players. Vishy losing a match to toly and Gary is no shame, they are legends whoose games will be looked at 200 years from now. As for Kamsky, well, I think he is an underachiever. Botvinnik said, ... |
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