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Jul-08-10 Magnus Carlsen    ifatkullin: I want to see that black&white pic with a fierce face here, as Magnus' profile pic!      Feb-01-09 Corus Group A (2009)    ifatkullin: Does anyone know -- how's Kamsky doing?      Dec-18-08 Santa Claus    ifatkullin: Here's a Russian joke about Santa: Santa flies above Africa. Hungry children reach out and cry: "Santa, Santa, give us some presents!" Santa then replies: "You spoiled brats, I only give presents to good kids, who eat well!" :-)      Jun-16-08 alexmagnus chessforum    ifatkullin: alexmagnus, sheaf: I'd say the greatest difference between math olympiads and math research is that in the first case you know that the problem is (at least in principle) solvable within the given amount of time, whereas in the second case this may not be possible altogether. (So      Jun-11-08 Mark Dvoretzky    ifatkullin: stanleys: Amazing article indeed, highly recommended for anyone knowing Russian!      Apr-13-08 Hikaru Nakamura    ifatkullin: Cool link, timhortons, thanks!      Apr-11-08 Russian Team Championship (2008)    ifatkullin: Phew... :-) Gata made it!      Jan-08-08 Schlosser vs NN, 1940    ifatkullin: I too like Qb5 more...      Dec-24-07 Rashid Nezhmetdinov    ifatkullin: I wonder what kind of a super-tatar player emerged if Kamsky and Nezhmetdinov could be merged into one? Kamsky's ability to withstand the roughest beating and to play long subtle positional games, and Nezhmetdinov's ultra sharp combinational vision could've produced an unbeatable      Dec-05-07 Gata Kamsky    ifatkullin: From what I remember, Nezhmetdinov was Tal's second... and when it comes to preparation... perhaps drinking and smoking three packs a day was Tal's idea of the latter, and who are we to judge that, anyways? ;-)

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