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| Mar-09-08 | | wolfmaster: Is this guy's name pronounced as it looks like(Hohrt), or is it Hoort, Hurt, Hairt, etc.? |
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Mar-09-08
 | | Gypsy: 'Hoard', exept with the nonsounding 't' instead of the sounding 'd' at the end, comes reasonably close. |
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Jun-01-08
 | | whiteshark: Hort's geriatric hints:
<I believe that Chess possesses a magic that is also a help in advanced
age. A rheumatic knee is forgotten during a game of Chess and
other events can seem quite unimportant in comparison
with a catastrophe on the chessboard>
:D |
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| Aug-21-08 | | myschkin: . . .
In der mittelböhmischen Stadt Kladno wurde Vlastimil Hort 1944 geboren. Als sechsjähriger erkrankte er an Gelbsucht und kam ins Krankenhaus. Dort brachte ihm ein Arzt Schach bei. Die Faszination des Spiels ließ ihn nicht mehr los. Mit 14 Jahren gewann Vlastimil die tschechische Juniorenmeisterschaft. ...
Die Niederschlagung des Prager Frühlings bewog Hort, Schachprofi zu werden, um nicht mit den neuen Machthabern kollaborieren zu müssen. (Berliner Zeitung, 2005, http://tinyurl.com/5ux3uz) |
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| Aug-23-08 | | myschkin: . . .
Photo of the 16 year old <Vlastimil>
at the Chess Olympiade 1960 in Leipzig (DDR)
http://www.chessbase.de/2005/leipzi... |
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| Aug-26-08 | | myschkin: . . .
tinyurl (21 Aug)=
http://www.berlinonline.de/berliner... |
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Aug-26-08
 | | Fusilli: <Phony Benoni: I always thought that he should have formed a chess team called "Vlastimil and his Cohorts".>
LOL! |
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Aug-26-08
| | Fusilli: <Gypsy: 'Hoard', exept with the nonsounding 't' instead of the sounding 'd' at the end, comes reasonably close.> Hmmm... in that case it sounds like "whore", doesn't it? I think I'll keep calling him "HoarT", with a big T at the end! |
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Jan-12-09
 | | brankat: Happy Birthday GM Hort! |
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Jan-12-09
 | | Stonehenge: Happy Birthday! And I could have drawn that simultaneous game, remember? :) |
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| Jan-12-09 | | seaotter: The book "The BEST Move," Hort & Jansa should be on everyone's BEST list,... Real hard book,... I think it is no longer in print in english,... I was able to get a German copy from an old East German book dealer,... Really a classic,... Unfortunately, I am after 1 year still only on problem 28,.. The problems are really humbling and it is more fun to study openings or Dworetski (thats sick isn't it,... i.e. more fun then Dworetski I mean).... Maybe this year I will get past problem 100.
Kind regards to Mr. Hort |
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| Apr-05-09 | | Dredge Rivers: Czech, please! :) |
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Apr-22-09
| | Gypsy: <Fusilli: <Gypsy: 'Hoard', exept with the nonsounding 't' instead of the sounding 'd' at the end, comes reasonably close.> Hmmm... in that case it sounds like "whore", doesn't it? I think I'll keep calling him "HoarT", with a big T at the end!> First. Go right ahead with your <HoarT>, it will be about right. Second. By 'non-sounding', I did not mean 'silent'. Instead, I was referring to a pronunciation based classification of consonants: sounding = (d,v,...), non-sounding = (t,f,...). In Czech, despite being a generally a phonetic language, non-accented 'sounding' consonants at the end of the words are pronounced as if they were their 'non-sounding' siblings: d -> t
v -> f
etc
Thus the nominative of the names spelled as 'Hort' and 'Hord' would be pronounced about the same, even though their other cases (e.g., vocative) would generally differ. |
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| Jul-07-09 | | ToTheDeath: <The book "The BEST Move," Hort & Jansa should be on everyone's BEST list,... Real hard book,... I think it is no longer in print in english,... I was able to get a German copy from an old East German book dealer,... Really a classic,... Unfortunately, I am after 1 year still only on problem 28,.. The problems are really humbling and it is more fun to study openings or Dworetski (thats sick isn't it,... i.e. more fun then Dworetski I mean)....> Really the hardest problem book I've ever seen- anyone sub expert level should not even try. IF you love a challenge pick up this book. I am watching Hort's Chessbase DVD Facing the World Champions right now. Will post a review after I'm finished. |
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| Jul-10-09 | | ToTheDeath: I finished Hort's Chessbase DVD "Facing the World Champions". Very entertaining stories, the games themselves are not so great, but Hort is nonetheless interesting to listen to as he describes how he knew the champions: playing blitz with Fischer and Najdorf until 6 am (with Najdorf not winning a game from Bobby), seeing Karpov's political machinations and his tears over Brezhnev's death, Botvinnik refusing to shake his hand before their game. This is essentially a chess memoir and if you are a fan of Hort or just want to hear some stories about the world champions by a 20th century chess professional you will enjoy this DVD. |
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| May-16-10 | | myschkin: . . .
"Am 06.06.2010 findet im Herzoginnensaal des Schöninger Schlosses [bei Helmstedt in Niedersachsen] ein Großmeistersimultan gegen den bekannten Spieler Vlastimil Hort statt. Das Startgeld beträgt 30,00 Euro für Erwachsene und 15,00 Euro für Jugendliche. Anmeldungen (Name, Alter, DWZ/ELO, Verein) sind an folgende Emailadresse zu richten: dh38364@web.de Nach Eingang der Anmeldung werden die Interessenten davon unterrichtet,
ob noch Bretter zur Verfügung stehen.
Außerdem erfolgt hiernach die entsprechende Zusendung der Bankdaten für die Überweisung des Startgeldes." Map: http://de.maps.yahoo.com/#mvt=m&lat... |
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Jan-12-11
 | | wordfunph: GM Vlastimil Hort quotes..
"I believe that chess possesses a magic that is also a help in advanced age. A rheumatic knee is forgotten during a game of chess and other events can seem quite unimportant in a
comparison with a catastrophe on the chessboard."
"In blitz, the knight is stronger than the bishop."
"This is chess from another planet." (on the book Tony Miles 1955-2001 - His Fifty Great Short Stories by IM Nikolay Minev) "When intuition does not betray you, chess is easy and beautiful." happy 67th birthday Vlastimil! |
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Feb-26-11
 | | GrahamClayton: Hort played an 8 game match against Viktor Korchnoi in the Czech Republic in mid-October 2010. Hort disregarded the FIDE rule regarding smoking during play - he lit up during each game. Apparently Korchnoi didn't mind. |
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Apr-29-11
 | | Wyatt Gwyon: Somebody needs to upload those games. |
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| Apr-29-11 | | Nietzowitsch: <Hort played an 8 game match against Viktor Korchnoi in the Czech Republic in mid-October 2010.> http://www.chessvibes.com/reports/l... <Hort disregarded the FIDE rule regarding smoking during play - he lit up during each game. Apparently Korchnoi didn't mind.> http://www.chessvibes.com/plaatjes/... It doesn't bother me, too. [and check the art oil painting ...] |
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| Apr-29-11 | | Helloween: He's playing a game of chess 960 in the photograph, incase nobody noticed. |
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Feb-20-12
 | | waustad: He looks a lot like a doctor I know who comes and joins us for a libation on occasion. The bow tie would never happen with the gentleman here though. |
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Jan-12-13
| | waustad: Happy b'day. It is a difficult choice for POTD with V. Hort sharing a birthday with S. Karjakin and Harika D. |
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Jan-12-13
 | | lost in space: Happy birthday, GM Hort. May chess let forget you your rheumatic knee also in the future. |
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| Jan-12-13 | | Kikoman: Happy 69th Birthday GM Vlastimil Hort. :D |
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