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yesnomaybeidontknow
Member since Jul-10-08 · Last seen Sep-26-23
Andrew David Harrison.

Cornwall, S.W. England.

Affiliations: Church of England, Labour Party, Unicef, CARE International UK, Sightsavers, Sense, Amnesty International, RSPB.

Current work: Support worker for people with special needs.

Working towards: voice-over, acting, writing (preparing a book for publication on Judaism and Christianity.)

Thought for the day:
http://www.theguardian.com/news/dat...

http://www.theguardian.com/science/...

http://www.theguardian.com/travel/g...

http://www.theguardian.com/world/ga...

http://www.theguardian.com/news/gal...

https://www.theguardian.com/artandd...

All-time favourite player:
Rashid Nezhmetdinov Obviously.

Favourite current players:
[unknown player], Andrei Volokitin, [unknown player], Levon Aronian, Alexandra Kosteniuk, Hikaru Nakamura, Judit Polgar, Vasyl Ivanchuk, Anna Ushenina, Michael Adams, Yuhua Xu, Viswanathan Anand, Vladimir Kramnik, Ivan Cheparinov, Alexey Shirov, Alexander Morozevich, Anatoly Karpov, Yifan Hou, Veselin Topalov, Rybka (Computer), Anish Giri, Magnus Carlsen, Garry Kasparov, Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, David Navara, Alexander Grischuk, Deep Fritz (Computer), Ian Nepomniachtchi, Fabiano Caruana, Deysi Estela Cori Tello, Vladimir Potkin, Peter Svidler, Nikita Vitiugov, Dmitry Jakovenko, Vadim Zvjaginsev, Teimour Radjabov, Alexander Riazantsev, Krishnan Sasikiran, Hao Wang, Vugar Gashimov, Pentala Harikrishna, Anna Muzychuk, Thanh Trang Hoang, Yuriy Kryvoruchko, Valentina Gunina, Illya Nyzhnyk, Ding Liren, Boris Gelfand, Daniil Dubov, Dmitry Andreikin, Luke McShane, Wei Yi, Parimarjan Negi, Shakhriyar Mamedyarov, Antoaneta Stefanova, Anna Zatonskih, Eltaj Safarli, Wesley So, Robin van Kampen, Houdini (Computer), Richard Rapport, Zhansaya Abdumalik, Humpy Koneru, Sergey Karjakin, Jorden van Foreest, Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa, Sopiko Guramishvili, Wenjun Ju, Vidit Santosh Gujrathi, M Amin Tabatabaei, Vladislav Kovalev, Baskaran Adhiban, Nodirbek Abdusattorov, Tamir Nabaty, Gawain Jones, Vincent Keymer, Sam Shankland, Yangyi Yu, Vladislav Artemiev, Abhimanyu Mishra, Alireza Firouzja, Arjun Erigaisi, Karina Cyfka

Favourite past players:
Carl Schlechter, Adolf Anderssen, Emanuel Lasker, Harry Nelson Pillsbury, Rezso Charousek, Fyodor Duz-Khotimirsky, Oldrich Duras, Rudolf Spielmann, Savielly Tartakower, Friedrich Saemisch, Max Euwe, Vera Menchik, Vladimir Petrov, Andre Lilienthal, Rashid Nezhmetdinov, Reuben Fine, Alexander Kotov, Paul Keres, [unknown player], Vasily Smyslov, Yakov Estrin, David Bronstein, Efim Geller, Leonid Stein, Conel Hugh O'Donel Alexander, Mikhail Tal, Boris Spassky, Jeroen Piket (retired), Baraka Shabazz, Vladimir Petrov

Prodigies:
Paul Morphy, Jose Raul Capablanca, Samuel Reshevsky, Robert James Fischer

On the eternally running debate of the strongest players ever: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compar...

Top live ratings:
http://www.2700chess.com/

Comparison of hardware in 2010 computer tournament: http://www.csvn.nl/index.php?option... Houdini, Stockf


   yesnomaybeidontknow has kibitzed 65 times to chessgames   [more...]
   Dec-27-22 World Rapid Championship (Women) (2022)
 
yesnomaybeidontknow: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/...
 
   Mar-08-20 Stanislav Bogdanovich (replies)
 
yesnomaybeidontknow: Shocking news about Stanislav and his girlfriend! RIP
 
   Oct-16-19 H Wang vs X Bu, 2019 (replies)
 
yesnomaybeidontknow: Terrific game by Wang Hao!
 
   Aug-16-19 Sinquefield Cup (2019) (replies)
 
yesnomaybeidontknow: Incredible line-up! Unleash the dogs of war!!
 
   Apr-01-19 European Championship (2019)
 
yesnomaybeidontknow: Congratulations on yet another victory, Vladimir! Now a live ranking of #13 in the world after the victory in the 2019 European Championship.
 
   Apr-01-19 US Championship (2019) (replies)
 
yesnomaybeidontknow: Congratulations, Hikaru, on your victory in the 2019 US Championship!
 
   Mar-27-19 David Navara (replies)
 
yesnomaybeidontknow: Happy Birthday, David! Very best wishes for your future career.
 
   Dec-01-18 Movsesian vs H Ni, 2006 (replies)
 
yesnomaybeidontknow: The knights who say "Ni!" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zIV...
 
   Aug-22-18 Sinquefield Cup (2018) (replies)
 
yesnomaybeidontknow: Nice work, Sargon!
 
   Aug-06-18 Jose Raul Capablanca (replies)
 
yesnomaybeidontknow: Quote of the Day " I know at sight what a position contains. What could happen? What is going to happen? You figure it out; I know it!" --- Capablanca. Except when he didn't. http://www.chessgames.com/perl/ches...
 
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