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| Jan-11-06 | | Jim Bartle: Maybe so, but no matter what you have on CD or is available on the Internet, it's nice to have the opening reference book on the shelf where you can look something up in a moment. My only objection to NCO, and MCO as well I assume, is the awkward format, that makes it hard to keep the book open (hands off). I ended up making a copy of NCO, spiral bound, with two pages per copy. It's much easier to use. |
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| Jan-11-06 | | euripides: <Jim> I think MCO is better presented than NCO, at least in the British editions. The British MCO, which is published by Batsford, is a a well-made paparback that does seem to stay open; it's also nicely printed and laid out. It's actually quite fun to browse through. I've read that its coverage is more limited, but presentation really matters in this case. |
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| Jan-11-06 | | hintza: <I ended up making a copy of NCO, spiral bound, with two pages per copy. It's much easier to use.> Good idea! |
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| Jun-27-06 | | WMD: <<Publishers know that indolent and/or time-pressed vendors often make do with quoting from the back-cover blurb. As shown above, the Random House book states: ‘... de Firmian supplements Capablanca’s original lessons with principles mastered by contemporary chess greats such as Fischer, Kasparov, and Nimzovich.’ The presence of Nimzowitsch’s name is inexplicable, but the damning, deceitful word is ‘supplements’. De Firmian has not supplemented Chess Fundamentals. He has destroyed it.> http://www.chesshistory.com/winter/... |
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| Jul-26-06 | | BIDMONFA: Nick DeFirmian DE FIRMIAN, Nick E.
http://www.bidmonfa.com/de_firmian_...
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| Jul-26-06 | | Castle In The Sky: <WMD> Thanks for the link, it's an excellent site. It looks like DeFirmian really butchered Capablanca's Chess Fundamentals and then demonstrated incredible egotism by putting one of his own games in the book and devoting five pages to it! |
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| Jul-26-06 | | Caissanist: I think this is probably more about business than egotism. Chess Fundamentals, along with the rest of Capablanca's books, is apparently now in the public domain in much of the world (though not, sadly, the United States). You can even download it off the net (in Spanish). Random House has to "improve" it in order to keep selling it, and this was the result. I enjoy Winter's site and it's a terrific resource, but he insults everybody. |
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| Jul-26-06 | | BaranDuin: < Caissanist: I think this is probably more about business than egotism. Chess Fundamentals, along with the rest of Capablanca's books, is apparently now in the public domain in much of the world (though not, sadly, the United States). You can even download it off the net (in Spanish). Random House has to "improve" it in order to keep selling it, and this was the result. I enjoy Winter's site and it's a terrific resource, but he insults everybody.> I do not agree. Mr. Winter sees it as his task to point out errors made by others. His claims are always supported by adequate proof. |
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| Feb-14-07 | | HannibalSchlecter: "If you're a GM you should be able to overpower the IM tactically. The GM will often blow out the IM in this area." --- Nick de Firmian Interesting quote. I wonder exactly why that is, is it because the GM can calculate deeper? Or the GM has a better sense of danger? Or the GM has accumulated more pattern recognition by studying more? I'm curious if any GM's out there can enlighten us. |
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| Jul-10-07 | | Karpova: <Caissanist: I enjoy Winter's site and it's a terrific resource, but he insults everybody.>
No, he doesn't. He's just asking for sources and criticizes if necessary. Some people can't stand criticism but that's their problem. Winter is quite fair. |
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| Jul-10-07 | | acirce: <Karpova>, <BaranDuin> Exactly so. |
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 | | Peligroso Patzer: < "If you're a GM you should be able to overpower the IM tactically. The GM will often blow out the IM in this area." --- Nick de Firmian > Not to pick on a nice guy (which de Firmian genuinely seems to be) ... but it is a very dangerous thing ever to assume that the outcome of any chess game is a foregone conclusion. Exhibit A: de Firmian, Nick (2540) - Thingstad, Even (1893), Arctic Chess Challenge (Tromsø), 08/04/2007, Round 1 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Bf5 5.Ng3 Bg6 6.h4 h6 7.Nf3 Nd7 8.h5 Bh7 9.Bd3 Bxd3 10.Qxd3 e6 11.Bf4 Qa5+ 12.Bd2 Bb4 13.c3 Be7 14.c4 Qc7 15.O-O-O Ngf6 16.Kb1 O-O 17.Ne4 c5 18.Bc3 Rfd8 19.d5 exd5 20.cxd5 Nxe4 21.Qxe4 Nf6 22.Qc4 Qd7 23.Ne5 Qf5+ 24.Ka1 Bd6 25.Rhe1 a6 26.g4 Qxf2 27.Rf1 Qg2 28.g5 b5 29.Qd3 c4 30.Qb1 Qxg5 31.Nxf7 Kxf7 32.Bxf6 gxf6 33.Qh7+ Kf8 34.Rg1 Bg3 35.d6 Qe5 36.Qxh6+ Kf7 37.Qg6+ Ke6 38.Qg4+ Kf7 39.Rxg3 Rxd6 40.Rxd6 Qxd6 41.Qg7+ Ke6 42.Re3+ Kd5 43.a3 Kc5 44.h6 Rd8 45.h7 b4 46.axb4+ Kxb4 47.h8=Q Qd1+ 48.Ka2 Qb3+ 0-1 |
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| Aug-09-07 | | Phoenix: Well, to be fair, Nick's quote refers to "IM players", not "Class A" players. |
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| Aug-13-07 | | laskereshevsky: the Arctic Chess Challenge definetly isnt the life's best tournament x the GM Nick DeFirmian |
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| Dec-24-07 | | mistreaver: I think he is GM, but he is also rapid chess expert. |
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| Feb-11-08 | | DarthStapler: "If you're a GM you should be able to overpower the IM tactically. The GM will often blow out the IM in this area." --- Nick de Firmian He's obviously never played Nehzmetdinov! |
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| Apr-09-08 | | pazzed paun: does anybody know about the publication
date of M.C.O. 15? Now that David McKAY
publishing is out of business what will happen to the book? |
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| Jun-06-08 | | whiteshark: Quote of the Day
<If you're a GM you should be able to overpower the IM tactically. The GM will often blow out the IM in this area.> -- Nick de Firmian
I think it works with <strategically>, too. So what is the new realization? |
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| Apr-13-09 | | talisman: this guy deserves a picture. |
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Apr-21-09
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| Jul-26-09 | | talisman: happy birtday nick! |
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| Jul-26-09 | | Marmot PFL: How come they replaced the players photos with these stupid ads? |
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| Jul-26-09 | | WhiteRook48: "Thank you for getting this award for me before I'm dead." - Nick DeFirmian |
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| Mar-09-10 | | Ryan Razo: With all due respect, are you all saying I should junk my copy of Capablanca's "Chess Fundamentals" and tore it to shreds because it was "destroyed" by Mr. De Firmian?! Maybe I should buy "My System" instead. |
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| Mar-09-10 | | TheFocus: <Ryan Rizzo> Why don't you just buy the original instead of DeFirmian's abomination? You can easily buy a good copy on eBay or AbeBooks.com. |
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