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Sep-03-07
 | | Peligroso Patzer: The Shirazi composed puzzle posted by <Benzol> on Apr-18-06 is reminiscent of one of Frank Marshall's most famous games: S Levitsky vs Marshall, 1912 |
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| Sep-03-07 | | dotty hill: <Landman> My HIARCS 11 confirms your analysis and responds with both 3 ... Ra2 and 4 ... Ra1, leading to a drawish position. A 12ply search (3.500 MNodes) yields +1.47 and the following line 1. Rxh7 Kxh7
2. Qh2 Kg8
3. Bc6 g6
4. Bxa4 Naxc4
5. Rh1 Bg7
6. Bb5 Nxe3 |
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| Mar-30-08 | | vizir: Hello
I took lessons last year with Kamran. Analyzing with him very often looked like this :
1.he shows me the move he'd played 2.I laught 3.he asks me to play for the other side 4.I get mated Evaluating a position, he would always think "I am better" :-D ..Reminds me one of the funny things my previous teacher used to tell me, when we blitzed together : "How do you assess the position??"
I would answer something like
"I am better : better pawn structure, active piece play"
"You're right, but you forgot the most important thing"
"Uh?"
"I have talent" |
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| Jul-31-08 | | Helios727: Are you sure it was the real Shirazi in the movie "Searching for Bobby Fischer"? In the movie he didn't look the way I had seen him in tournaments. His hair seemed shorter and his skin lighter. Once I saw the following position at a tournament:
click for larger view
In which Shirazi was white and he had the move. Black was an expert. The next day I found out that black had lost, even though the position looked totally drawn to me. Does white have a theoretical advantage here, or did the expert simply goof? |
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| Aug-01-08 | | Helios727: Okay, it really was him. I looked up the credits for the movie. Now can anyone answer my other question? |
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Aug-07-08
 | | andrewjsacks: Those of us fortunate enough to be chess players in the L.A. area in the 1980s had many opportunities to watch Shirazi play tournament chess as well as blitz. He would play virtually any opening against any strength player and rely on his world-class tactical abilities and resourcefulness. He had true star quality! |
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Aug-07-08
 | | MaxxLange: "I am better : better pawn structure, active piece play" "You're right, but you forgot the most important thing" "Uh?"
"I have talent"
Yeah, I can't say that is a very good example of the Art of Teaching, there. I imagine it is actually very hard for someone who is very strong to see chess in the mind of a weak player, and provide him with what he needs. Getting a brisk 2400+ style thrashing can be inspirational and instructive and even fun, of course, for the student |
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| Aug-19-08 | | myschkin: . . .
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kamran...
Photo:
http://www.chessbase.de/2008/fourmi... "Insane Chess-R-Us"
http://chessstuff.blogspot.com/2005... (by Dennis Monokroussos)
"Playing Games With Kamran Shirazi"
http://www.mrbellersneighborhood.co... (by Thomas Beller)
addendum :
"During the Iran Hostage Crisis, Shirazi made the mistake of going back to his native Iran. He suddenly found out that he could not leave the country again, because Iranians were unwelcome anywhere in the world. The United States refused him entry, even though he had an American wife." <This information is supplied without liability. Reference to the wiki, where this passage is no longer available> http://listing-index.ebay.com/athle... |
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| Dec-16-08 | | Abdooss: Shirazi is an outstanding chessplayer,
but sometimes even the best makes mistakes=
K Shirazi vs Peters, 1984 |
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| May-05-09 | | Everett: Has anyone noticed this one?
Larsen vs K Shirazi, 1986 |
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| Nov-07-10 | | wordfunph: Kamran Shirazi was known for playing strange and unorthodox openings. As this was a period of rating inflation, the rating of Shirazi rose to over 2700 and he became the highest rated player in the USCF. However, when invited to play in the 1984 U.S. Chess Championship, Shirazi lost almost all his games and finished last. (Source: The Chess Journal 2005-04 December) |
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Nov-14-10
 | | Caissanist: That's a bit unfair to Shirazi. He becamse the USCF's highest rated player not through inflation, but from dominating weekend swiss tournaments throughout the country for many years. His style of play was, and apparently still is, unconventional and hyper-agressive but often not completely sound. Players like this can be deadly against even slightly weaker players, but do relatively poorly at the highest levels. |
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| Jan-27-12 | | Granny O Doul: True, but in one of the years between his two near-perfect scores (one draw, the rest losses and two draws, the rest losses) in US championship tourneys, he made a score of plus two. 1986, maybe. |
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| Feb-29-12 | | wordfunph: 1984 U.S. Championship in Berkeley:
The tournament was 18-player round-robin. IM Kamran Shirazi's record was 1 draw and 16 losses. His prize: $37.50 |
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Mar-07-12
 | | waustad: He's now in France. Did he have US citizenship at some point? Chess players move a lot. |
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Mar-13-12
 | | Fusilli: <waustad> In order to get US citizenship, an immigrant has to first be a lawful permanent resident (LPR) for five years (the waiting time is shorter under some circumstances, such as serving in the U.S. military). There are several ways to become an LPR, the most common of which is through "family reunification", which includes marrying a U.S. citizen or LPR. Was Shirazi ever married to an American? Another avenue to LPR status is through an employer's sponsorship. There is also the refugee path. If Shirazi came to the U.S. escaping the Iranian regime (maybe after the Ayatollah Khomeini banned chess), then maybe he was awarded refugee status, which leads to LPR in just one year. To be awarded refugee status, he would have had to prove that he was in danger in his own country for reasons of discrimination, and that the cause of this danger was his country's government. That would have applied, I think, with Shirazi being a professional chess player. BTW, what is the current status of chess in Iran? See this article from 2000: http://www.salon.com/2000/02/18/mul.... I want to think it is perfectly legal now, despite what that article reports... |
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| Mar-26-12 | | Everett: <wordfunph: 1984 U.S. Championship in Berkeley: The tournament was 18-player round-robin. IM Kamran Shirazi's record was 1 draw and 16 losses. His prize: $37.50>
In Berkeley, even the homeless get paid more.
Still not a bad take for only scoring a half-point better than I could. |
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| Sep-03-12 | | Helios727: People say he is so aggressive in his playing style. However, is not the "Old Indian Defense" a passive defense? |
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| Sep-03-12 | | zoren: It is slightly passive, but it's a variation with relatively little theory, where innovations can come left and right. Add the fact that all the pieces tend to stay on the board in the Old Indian, it's the perfect system to slowly but surely outplay a weaker opponent, or put up for a long fight against someone strong. Upon examination of a few of his Old Indian games, he would sometimes be hyper-aggressive and open the game prematurely and lose quickly. You could surmise that the Old Indian didn't match his style entirely but you also had games where this style was quite successful, which is quintessential Shirazi. |
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| Nov-19-12 | | BIDMONFA: Kamran Shirazi SHIRAZI, Kamran
http://www.bidmonfa.com/shirazi_kam...
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| Dec-16-12 | | redlance: Anybody know what Kamran is doing now?
Still living in Paris or somewhere in France? |
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Dec-16-12
 | | twinlark: <Fusillia> <BTW, what is the current status of chess in Iran? See this article from 2000: http://www.salon.com/2000/02/18/mul.... I want to think it is perfectly legal now, despite what that article reports...> Iran seems to have a thriving chess culture, including a stable of male and female masters: http://ratings.fide.com/topfed.phtm.... One of the top U16 girls in the world is WIM Sarasadat Khademalsharieh while Asadi Motahare won the 2012 Girls U8 world championship. One recent event that drew some attention was the world record number of players in a simul, played by GM Ehsan Ghaem Maghami in Tehran: http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail.... The 2007 Asian Cities championship was held in Tehran and other events are held in Iran regularly, including tournaments such as the 10th Khazar Cup
(http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail...). Iran also has its own national league. Here are the recent events the Iranians have registered with FIDE: http://ratings.fide.com/tournament_... |
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Jun-11-13
| | Caissanist: Regarding Shirazi's move to the USA--he came her in 1979, the same year the Shah was overthrown. I don't know if he claimed political asylum but it would have made sense, since chess was outlawed in Iran by the new regime. |
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Jun-12-13
| | andrewjsacks: You might wish to read my article on Shirazi, "Persian Prince of the Chessboard," published at www.angiesdiary.com a year or two ago. Again, we were lucky to have him in SoCal for a few years, and he was one of a kind. |
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Jun-12-13
| | andrewjsacks: Best to Google the article and then go right to it. Hope some are interested. |
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