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| Mar-31-14 | | RedShield: Do you think the random posting of game scores is helpful? |
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| May-27-14 | | Granny O Doul: Kilroy was here |
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Jul-26-14
 | | Penguincw: Happy 57th birthday to GM Nick DeFirmian. |
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| Oct-18-14 | | PhilFeeley: I'm curious to know why he was listed as Canadian for this year's Canadian Championship: http://www.chess-results.com/tnr140... Did he move? FIDE still lists him as American. |
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| Feb-07-15 | | pazzed paun: when is mco 16 due out? |
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| May-25-15 | | TheFocus: <A lot of the difference between an IM and GM is a seriousness to the game. The GM is willing to go through all this. He's willing to put up with anything. This shows his dedication. One other thing is the GMs superiority in tactics. For example Christiansen can find tactics in any position. 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 deFirmian. |
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| Jul-26-15 | | andrewjsacks: Nick, happy birthday. |
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| Jul-26-15 | | AdolfoAugusto: Happy Birthday Nick! Hope you keep playing for a long time! ;) |
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| Jul-26-15 | | Olsonist: A lame claim to fame but I got crushed by Nick in high school. |
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Jul-26-15
 | | eternaloptimist: Happy birthday to the 3-time US Chess Championship champ who's 1 of my favorite players...GM Nick DeFirmian! |
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| Jul-26-15 | | diagonal: Happy birthday to GM DeFirmian, a true chess lover!
Two pictures from different epochs:
Nick playing Magnus at the second Arctic Chess Challenge in Tromsø in 2007 (scroll down a little, Magnus won that game, Nick won in a previous encounter at Gausdal Classics):
http://en.chessbase.com/post/second... Nick winning as clear first the Gausdal Classics April I/2003, (invitation tournament), a certain kid named Magnus in rank 12:
http://www.bergensjakk.no/gausdal/g...
Nick DeFirmian (front) with teammate's John Fedorowicz, Lubomir Kavalek, and Yasser Seirawan at the Chess Olympiad in 1986: https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nick_... |
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Jul-26-15
| | eternaloptimist: <diagonal> Thx for posting those links! I just got a DeFirmian & MC history lesson! |
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| Nov-16-15 | | wrap99: @Olsonist, wasn't Nick a D player in those days? I think I was in his section in 1975 when he was 18 and I think he won it -- I guess he was not a D player for very long. |
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Nov-16-15
 | | perfidious: If so, that would be a quicker leap than Fischer made from 1726 to master level, as deFirmian played at Lone Pine 1976. |
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| Nov-16-15 | | wrap99: @perfidious: that's interesting because I do remember playing at that event in 1975 with him. Obviously 40 years I could be recalling falsely. I do think he *was* a D player (I think you can skip that by a good initial performance.) Also, juniors played at Lone Pine if experts, not masters. Finally, maybe the rating list from 1975 is available online. |
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| Jul-26-16 | | TheFocus: Happy birthday, Nick DeFirmian. |
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| Nov-19-17 | | zanzibar: A Kingpin interview published September 19, 2013: http://www.kingpinchess.net/2013/09... (w contemporaneous(?) photo)
<Q- What was your most embarrassing moment at the chess board?A- When I knocked over my pint of beer against John Nunn in a blitz tournament in Lubeck. That was also painful, because the glass was practically full. Q- What do you most dislike about your appearance? A- When my nose turns red sometimes.>
Coincidence?
The name used on that page is <Nick de Firmian>. |
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| Jul-26-18 | | Riverbeast: Happy Birthday Nick!
This is also the birthday of filmmaker/chessplayer Stanley Kubrick. Today would have been his 90th |
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Jul-26-18
| | eternaloptimist: Happy birthday to the 3-time US Chess Champ, Nick DeFirmian!! |
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| Jul-26-18 | | Olsonist: Played him in high school. Got crushed. |
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| Nov-25-20 | | JohnBoy: Not sure I buy this, <wrap>. I played w & against Dif from ~73 to 78 (when I quit). He was solid master by ‘75. I remember him winning a C section in 73 ahead of one of my best buddies Marco Lopez (2nd). |
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| Nov-25-20 | | JohnBoy: Also, I’m still waiting for the score of that historic swindle executed by Christiansen against Dif from a dead loss at at American Open ~76 (?). I’m sure Nick burned his 😂 |
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| Nov-25-20 | | Granny O Doul: JohnBoy: I've been waiting over 40 years for that, since Chess Life reported it in their February 1978 issue. I guess since the two are friends, Larry hasn't wanted to publish it. I'd hate to root for one of them to outlive the other, but it may be our only chance ever to see that game. |
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| Jul-26-21 | | andrewjsacks: Happy birthday, Nick. Hope you're doing well.--Andy |
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| Nov-02-21 | | wrap99: <JohnBoy> You could certainly be right. 40+ years is a long time ago as mentioned and I have discovered that I was mistaken about things much more recent. |
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