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| Nov-29-16 | | schnarre: ...R.I.P. GM Taimanov |
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| Nov-29-16 | | cunctatorg: Just to quote a <paavoh's> post from above: <Sad, sad news, ... An era is ending.> Well, many of the men and women of this era lived in the midst of a worldwide turmoil, tragedy and horrors but they proved that they were -more or less- able to fight for a better world and they delivered to us a inheritance of determination and respect for life, they fought <against the dying of the light>... Hence, I hope that they also delivered to us a strong and convincing example!!
These are the main reasons I have great respect for many a man of that era! |
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| Nov-29-16 | | Dionysius1: <Howard> How does one favor a baby? Is that the same as fathering a baby? |
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Nov-30-16
 | | HeMateMe: searched the Times to see if there was a Taimonov obit. The last article was from 1971, something to with a fellow named Bob, and the number 20: <http://www.nytimes.com/1971/10/06/a...> |
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| Nov-30-16 | | Howard: Alright, wiseguy, I meant "father a baby". I think the phone rang when I was typing that comment. Ya got me there ! |
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| Nov-30-16 | | zanzibar: Here's McClain's NYT obit of Taimanov:
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/28/w... . |
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Dec-01-16
| | HeMateMe: from the obit:
"That same year Mr. Taimanov tied for first with Mr. Botvinnik in the Soviet championship, but he lost a playoff for the title. He tied for first again in 1956, but this time he prevailed in a playoff against Mr. Spassky and Yuri Averbakh. Altogether, he played in <23 Soviet championships,> a record he shared with Efim Geller." It's amazing to me that a person would have the time required to excel in both pursuits. Seems rare. |
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| Dec-01-16 | | zanzibar: <It's amazing to me that a person would have the time required to excel in both pursuits. Seems rare.> Which two pursuits? Chess and fathering a child at 77? |
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Dec-01-16
| | HeMateMe: ...a man of rare talents! He knew how to tickle the ovaries. |
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Dec-01-16
 | | Check It Out: <HMM> Okay, that was a good one. |
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| Dec-01-16 | | Dionysius1: <Howard> You're right - that was a mean little comment of mine. Apologies |
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| Dec-01-16 | | zanzibar: <HMM> manages to take the cake with this one... Mark Taimanov (kibitz #281) Hereby nominated as the absolute worst pun on <CG>, evah! |
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| Dec-01-16 | | zanzibar: PS- this must the classical music part of town, what with all the long-hairs. |
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Dec-01-16
 | | WannaBe: <Z> Well, I got long hares, waddayagot? Big Geyser? =)) |
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| Dec-01-16 | | zanzibar: <WannaBe> you are indeed, the longest hare - hardy-har-har. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zy5...
(And, let it said, the general conductor of most of the craziness in these "parts"!) |
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| Dec-01-16 | | lost in space: R.I.P. Majestro |
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| Dec-02-16 | | zanzibar: I like the photo of the old Taimanov over here: http://www.chessdom.com/in-memoriam... |
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| Dec-03-16 | | Ron: After reading the chessbase article on Mark Taimanov, I take it that he excelled in the finer things in life: chess, music, and women: https://en.chessbase.com/post/in-me... |
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| Dec-15-16 | | vonKrolock: An entire page obituary on the November 30th edition of "The Times" illustrated with (a o) a large photo of "young" Taimanov (in fact a known portrait of Leonid Stein!) Details on the chesshistory.com Feature Article "Chess: Mistaken Identity" (Thanks again Mr Winter!) |
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| Feb-07-17 | | Sularus: didn't know he died last year.
RIP |
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| Feb-07-17 | | Sularus: happy birthday, RIP |
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Feb-07-19
 | | Penguincw: R.I.P. Mark Taimanov. |
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Mar-14-19
 | | ketchuplover: All hail the upcoming inductee into the World Chess HOF :) |
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| Nov-03-19 | | Jean Defuse: ...
<'A brilliant Taimanov combination'> . [Event "Simultaneous exhibition"]
[Site "UdSSR"]
[Date "1964.??.??"]
[White "Taimanov, Mark E"]
[Black "NN"]
[Result "1-0"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN " 
click for larger view"] 1. Bc4 Qxc4 2. Rxg7+ Kh8 3. Bxe5 Qxc2 4. Rf8+ Rxf8 5. Rxg6+ Rf6 6. Bxf6# 1-0 ... |
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| Nov-03-19 | | ewan14: Nice , nice |
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