Apr-30-03 Vera Menchik 
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Rovieira: Vera was born in Russia though her father was british and her mother czech . I had no idea how strong she was untill I found out about her games with Capablanca and Rubinstein . What a great woman , what a tragic end . |
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Mar-22-03 F de Castellvi vs N Vinyoles, 1475 
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Rovieira: Some sites consider this game was played even earlier , back in 1485 ! |
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Mar-16-03 Alexander Alekhine 
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Rovieira: Can a brazilian get closer to Aleckine ?
Well , we had Mecking and he was very good , Cuba had Capablanca and he was a genius . But in our country few can study , eat and dress properly and those few don't enjoy chess that much . They rather be in car racing like Senna , ... |
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Mar-16-03 Bobby Fischer 
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Rovieira: Fischer faced the whole soviet union team and won back in '72 . That was extraordinary . But as Mequinho (Mecking for you ) he wasn't mentally prepared to remain in the game . He was like a shooting star . More like Paul Morphy then Aleckine , Karpov or Korchnoy .To be considered ... |
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Jan-19-03 Judit Polgar 
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Rovieira: That's why Capablanca had a hard time facing him . He was probably afraid of being sent to a Gulag . And after all Aleckine never gave him a chance to regain his title . Yeah Judit looks much better ! |
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Jan-17-03 Anatoly Karpov 
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Rovieira: The guy is a genius . No one better after him !But you cannot compare with Capablanca and Fischer . |
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Jan-13-03 Ruy Lopez vs G da Cutri, 1560 
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Rovieira: We already played football in Brazil back in 1575 ! |
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Nov-18-02 Fischer vs Tal, 1962 
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Rovieira: Well , and I can't understand why he didn't play simply 17.f3 . |
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