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| Jun-10-06 | | Broon Bottle: Crikey. In our English defence, I can say that that Mr Gormally has a fair bit of the fighting Irish in him. Who would have guessed it, our football fans acting like saints (so far) in the World Cup and our grandmasters acting like football thugs. 'Nowt as queer as folk' as they say up north.
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| Jun-10-06 | | independentthinker: Actually I know everyone is having a little joke about this which is fine, but I just read Gormally is now thinking of giving up the sport, which is sad in a way, but what he says is correct - you have to be obsessive about the game, and he doesn't really have much affinity for it anymore. The thing that has really amused me throughout all of this are the various headlines being generated. Very clever hehe But whatever happens I wish Dan the best and hope he overcomes his demons and also figures out what it is he wants from life and pursues it. If that isn't chess, then so be it. Good luck to him. He certainly went out with a bang. |
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| Jun-10-06 | | cotdt: he's quiting chess for boxing |
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| Jun-10-06 | | PinkPanther: Gormally wasn't the only problem the English team had. Conquest and Speelman both played like garbage as well. |
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| Jun-11-06 | | MrSifter: I just don't understand why he hit Aronian and not the chick - she was the one "cheating". |
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| Jun-11-06 | | babakova: <he's quiting chess for boxing> that could go something like : " Gormally takes a swift left hook to the liver and on the way down gets hit with an enormous uppercut and.... Dies..." |
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| Jun-12-06 | | Chesschatology: "MrSifter: I just don't understand why he hit Aronian and not the chick - she was the one "cheating"." Erm... Welcome to earth! |
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| Jun-12-06 | | SickedChess: "I fell in love, says chess brawl man"
http://www.theage.com.au/news/world... "But British grandmaster Danny Gormally, back at home and ruing his actions, is thinking about chucking the game altogether. "I fell in love with her," he explained with disarming simplicity to The Sunday Age, in his first press interview." |
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| Jun-12-06 | | mack: Heh, too right <MrSifter>. I like it how Gormally is now 'chess brawl man'. |
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| Jun-12-06 | | TheBB: There's a great writeup about this "incident" here:
http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail... |
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| Jun-12-06 | | mack: <chessgames.com> - There's a mistake on this page - can this player's name be changed to 'Chess Brawl Man' please? |
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| Jun-12-06 | | independentthinker: I hear they are going to make a film out of this now! Apparently 'chess brawl man' is the next 'rain man'! Clive Owen will play 'Aronian' and Russel Crowe is up to play Gormally. nO prizes for guessing who will play the temptress! |
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| Jun-12-06 | | SickedChess: <Clive Owen will play 'Aronian' and Russel Crowe is up to play Gormally. nO prizes for guessing who will play the temptress!> Tia Carrere is my choice! |
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| Jun-12-06 | | SickedChess: Gormally is quite famous! even in Wikipedia! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danny_... |
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| Jun-12-06 | | Palma Vest: Great, now we have another British hooligan in chess! |
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| Jun-13-06 | | erasmus: He's got the name to match with his behaviour, since linguistically his last name stems from the ancient british name 'Gore Mauller' (someone who pummels another to gore). Which eventually became --> Goremaully --> Gormally. |
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| Jun-13-06 | | Stevens: The "Gormally Incident" even made a topic of conversation on "Have I Got News For You" in england last night. Jack Dee's line was something like "Gormally tried to attack his opponent, but was unable to because he could only move diagonally." In the context of the show, and delivered by Jack Dee, it was actually quite funny. Can't believe this story has got so much attention, but if it puts chess in the minds of the public i hope chess benefits. |
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| Jun-13-06 | | Runemaster: I've invented a name for Gormally's disease: Gormallic Caoilitis. In layman's terms, that inflammation of the geek gland. |
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| Jun-13-06 | | Chesschatology: <Runemaster> lol
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| Jun-13-06 | | Runemaster: <independentthinker: And as for that chick - have u seen her? OMG - she only looks attactive because in evry photo she surrounds herself with ugly men.">
The same trick that Gormally was trying by joining the British Olympiad team. |
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| Jun-13-06 | | technical draw: What's all this brouhaha about Gormally?
(actually I don't care, I just wanted to use that silly word) |
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| Jun-13-06 | | independentthinker: He's had the month of his life. He went from unknown loser on board #4 in English olympic team to: 1) Being in various newspapers all overt he world
2) Being on Have I Got News For You in UK
If he makes the most of this and - for example - goes on Harry Hill in the "one way to settle this! - fight!" section, he could become a celebrity. Britain's hardest grandmaster! Next stop - Celebrity Big Brother - then a book deal, then turning up to open libraries and supermarkets. Next up - possible interview with Louis Theroux. As its Louis something will happen - you just knopw it will - thus keeping his celebrity status alive for a few more months. If he saves every penny of this money he makes from this, rather than blowing it on booze and women who like that chick he likes - he could do well. Go Gormally! |
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| Jun-13-06 | | independentthinker: Just thought of another. Releasing a book on chess called 'how to brawl in chess' (lots of vicious attacking and counter-attacking) - the cover of which is a boxing glove holding a queen. |
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| Jun-13-06 | | AdrianP: In the chessbase article, listed under Caolli's likes are "dwarfs"!! No wonder Aronian was in there!! ;-) |
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