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Mar-03-05 | | pazzed paun: HEY!! this guy cannot just be someone's punching bag!! He must have a
lot more wins somewhere- He must be the oldest active master level player in the country. |
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Mar-03-05 | | iron maiden: At one point he was one of the U.S.'s top ten players. In 1971 he was the only player to draw with Fischer in a twenty-two round speed tournament in Manhattan. |
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Mar-03-05 | | WMD: Not to be confused with Harold Shipman, the UK's number one serial killer. |
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Mar-08-05 | | mack: <WMD> I dunno, he used to be number one, but he just hasn't been killing as well as he used to has he? |
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Mar-08-05
 | | chessgames.com: We added a few more games of Shipman. Still not many, but it's a start. It would be nice if we had a short biography (hint hint). |
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Mar-08-05
 | | tpstar: <short biography>
Walter Shipman plays chess. |
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Mar-08-05 | | iron maiden: There's everything I know about him; Benzol might be able to add a few things. |
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Mar-08-05
 | | Benzol: <iron maiden> you've done a bang up job and I can add nothing.
I only know of the player but nothing about him so it was good to read the bio you've made.
:) |
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Mar-08-05
 | | tpstar: <iron maiden> *Style Points* "ranked" instead of "held a ranking"
"San Francisco; in addition ... tournaments, he has become" is cleaner. I still like my bio better. ;>D |
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Mar-08-05 | | iron maiden: <tpstar> Thanks for the editing notes; you're certainly a peculiar, multitalented individual. Why don't you write yourself a bio instead of being so darn mysterious to the rest of us? |
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Mar-08-05
 | | tpstar: <short biography>
tpstar plays chess. |
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Mar-08-05 | | iron maiden: Ah well, I guess we'll have to settle for that. |
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Mar-09-05 | | yoozum: <I dunno, he used to be number one, but he just hasn't been killing as well as he used to has he? >
LOL. |
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Mar-09-05 | | Resignation Trap: <iron maiden> I could tell you more about tpstar, not only do I know him, I have even played him. If tpstar doesn't want me to reveal his identity or to show his loss to me, I accept bribes in all currencies except Turkish Lira. |
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Mar-11-05
 | | cu8sfan: <Resignation Trap> The cat's already out the bag... Check out the biography I wrote for Tony Palmer. |
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Mar-11-05
 | | perfidious: If my recollection doesn't fail me, Walter's IM title was awarded him in 1984, making him the oldest player to achieve that honour. The final norm was made in that year's NY Open, where I believe he had the redoubtable Bent Larsen on the verge of defeat before drawing the game. |
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Mar-12-05 | | Minor Piece Activity: Now there WMD, be modest. =) |
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Jun-27-07 | | whiteshark: <cu8sfan: <LOL>> |
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Apr-18-08 | | brankat: Happy Birthday Mr.Shipman! |
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Apr-18-08 | | Strongest Force: Walter use to live in NYC but retired to the west-coast with his wife. I think he was a lawyer and his wife had something to to do with the medical industry. I knew his 2 children Judit and Joe; they both played chess. Joe was a graduate of MIT ...many of NYC's chess youth went to the best universities. Walter gave me the unofficial title of: "Park Master". :) |
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Apr-18-08 | | Riverbeast: Happy Birthday, Mr. Shipman.
I also remember him from the NYC tournaments. He is a true gentleman. His kids were also very nice. |
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Oct-03-08
 | | GrahamClayton: Shipman was responsible for introducing the "Extended Bishop Swap" variation of the French Defence into US chess competition, eg 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 ♗d7, with the idea of ....♗b5 exchanging the White squared Bishops. Source: "Unorthodox Openings", Eric Schiller and Joel Benjamin, Batsford, 1987 |
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Jan-24-09 | | jemptymethod: @StrongestForce: I knew the Shipmans from when I lived in NY in the 70s/80s as well. I played Joe in a tourney on Long Island in 75 or 76 and even remember the opening to this day (Birds/Froms). Judith and I were friends in the early 80s and hung out together at some of the tournaments in NYC at the Chess Center or the ones run by Jose Cuchi |
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Jan-24-09 | | jemptymethod: By the way, watching Walter Shipman play the Budapest vs. the Grandmasters at tournaments at the Chess Center convinced me to drop the Gruenfeld and take it up, and I've never looked back |
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Apr-18-09 | | wordfunph: Happy 80th Birthday Master Shipman! May you enjoy the royal game to the fullest.. |
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