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Apr-10-07
 | | WannaBe: Okay, dumb question time, according to <EmperorAtahualpa> Kraai is quite common in the Netherlands. Perhaps Jesse's (grand) parents came to US from Netherlands... Is the last name pronounced 'cry' or 'cray-A' ? Or is it something completely different? (e.g. Euwe) |
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| Apr-10-07 | | Chuckles: <WannaBe> I think that is his USCF rating, not FIDE. |
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| Apr-10-07 | | technical draw: <Wannabe> That's a pretty cool game. Kraai just strangled Nakamura and didn't get anxious (like us mortals) and didn't rush the win. He just calmly increased the pressure and let the game play itself. Well Done! |
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| Apr-10-07 | | danielpi: "Kraai" is pronounced like "cry". He's an excellent player, and a fantastic lecturer. I can't compliment his work highly enough! Seeing this picture, though, he's a hell of a lot older than I thought. |
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| Apr-10-07 | | geraldo8187: i've learned so much about the french thanks to this man's lectures, particularly ideas in the advance variation. he has steadily been getting better over these last few years so i'm curious to see how much further he'll be able to advance his skills. |
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Apr-11-07
 | | Benzol: Congratulations to Mr Kraai on achieveing his final GM norm. Well done. |
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Apr-11-07
 | | Joshka: Finally! we have an active American born GM under 40. Congradulations and good luck in the future. |
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| Apr-11-07 | | protean: <Joshka> He's not quite there yet. I think he stands to gain 18.2 rating points (6½/9 v 2461), so he'll be up to 2495. Unfortunately he lost his last round game - a draw would have given him the extra five points. |
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| Apr-12-07 | | dx9293: He also seemed to gain ~8 points from the 4th North American FIDE tournament. |
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| Apr-12-07 | | protean: <dx9293> Yeah, my bad. That tournament wont have been included on FIDE's April list so he should be over 2500. Kraai certainly thinks he's a GM: "I've been trying to get the GM title for four years. Now I don't know what the **** to do." http://beta.uschess.org/frontend/ne... |
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| Apr-12-07 | | Plato: I'm glad to see all the positive comments about Jesse Kraai, and I would like to add my hearty congratulations for his phenomenal achievement. For many years now it has been clear that it was only a matter of time before Jesse would earn the prestigious GM title. He is not only a Grandmaster, he also holds a Ph.D in Philosophy! It appears that he decided to pursue the more practical career of a chess coach and player ;-) I had the privilege of playing against Jesse in a tournament a couple of years ago. He beat me with Black in a very interesting French game (we are both French devotees), and afterwards he agreed to analyze the game and there ensued a fascinating post-mortem session. He is a naturally gifted teacher, and if he offers private lessons on the ICC (which he probably does) I can hardly think of a better instructor for an aspiring player to choose. His alias on the ICC used to be and perhaps still is <Heliopolitanus>. I played him at least a dozen times in 5-min blitz on ICC before I stopped playing there. I noticed that he <only> played 5 0 or slower, a wise decision and one that I would have done well to emulate. Instead, I got badly addicted to 3 0 or faster (including 1 0, 0 1, etc) and it was only hurting my "real" chess, so I finally decided to quit cold turkey. On the ICC Jesse is just as friendly as he is in real life -- unlike certain GMs who can be real jerks when they lose on the ICC... I'll just say I was happy that Jesse beat one of them at Foxwoods :P |
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Apr-18-07
 | | Peligroso Patzer: <Seeing this picture, though, he's a hell of a lot older than I thought.> According to the chess column in last Sunday's New York Times (featuring Kraai vs. Nakamura, Foxwoods 2007), Kraai is 34 years old. |
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Apr-21-07
 | | chancho: http://www.nytimes.com/2007/04/15/c... |
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| May-03-07 | | pazzed paun: Does anyone know about J.K. early chess development? New mexico does not seem to be a hotbed of chess activity. |
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May-03-07
| | WannaBe: <pazzed paun> ask WBP chessforum he currently resides in New Mexico, may even possibly have contact(ed) Jesse. =) |
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| Sep-25-07 | | dx9293: It's official! Jesse Kraai is now an International Grandmaster! Congratulations!! |
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| May-16-08 | | Marmot PFL: <pazzed paun> Evidently he lived in Germany for quite a while. When I was there people would play in the parks every day but didn't like to play Americans. But since he spoke German he could fit in and there are quite a few strong tournaments. |
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| May-16-08 | | square dance: why didnt people like to play americans? were they still suffering from fischer fear or something? |
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| May-23-08 | | Marmot PFL: <square dance> I hadn't learned German at that time so maybe it was too much trouble for them. |
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| Oct-17-08 | | sneaky pete: Wilhelm Müller: Die Krähe
Eine Krähe war mit mir
Aus der Stadt gezogen,
Ist bis heute für und für
Um mein Haupt geflogen.
Krähe, wunderliches Tier,
Willst mich nicht verlassen?
Meinst wohl, bald als Beute hier
Meinen Leib zu fassen?
Nun, es wird nicht weit mehr geh'n
An dem Wanderstabe.
Krähe, laß mich endlich seh'n
Treue bis zum Grabe! |
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Dec-28-08
 | | Phony Benoni: At the 1990 U.S. Open in Jacksonville, Florida, Jesse Kraai got into a rut. Rated 2300 (at age 17), Kraai suddenly started drawing Experts (USCF 2000-2199) round after round. The morning after draw #5, I noticed him in the lobby, busily scribbling away on some paper. A few minutes later he was gone, but the paper had been left behind. I was nosy enough to take a look at it. He had written the following sentence no fewer than 87 times: <I, Jesse Kraai, hereby swear that I will never draw a low-life Expert.> It didn't work. He drew #6 that night. |
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| Jul-09-09 | | myschkin: . . .
"His dissertation examined the influence of Georg Joachim Rheticus on the development of Copernican theory." Rheticus' engagement with Copernicus is discussed in the light of new documents. In particular it is shown that there were strong astrological motivations behind Rheticus' acceptance of the heliocentric theory. http://archiv.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/... * Daaim Shabazz remembers reading a story on Kraai who was reputed to be a neighborhood troublemaker in his youth. When asked why he chose chess, he said it was the most violent game he could find. * Fide Card: http://ratings.fide.com/card.phtml?... * Pics
On the roof: http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_dMCVCOEiZ... Krushed: http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_dMCVCOEiZ... |
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| Oct-17-09 | | wanabe2000: Jesse just won his 2nd round game against Adrian Clemens in the open tournament at Hoogeveen. |
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| May-14-10 | | BIDMONFA: Jesse Kraai KRAAI, Jesse
http://www.bidmonfa.com/kraai_jesse...
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| May-18-10 | | FHBradley: A nice bio. |
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