Dec-04-05 John Homer Stapfer 
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| uglybird: 1 Parts of Section 5 a bit crude and not well thought out.
2 Opinion of Fischerandom probably based on insufficient imformation.
3 Kasparov deep down in his heart probably did not want rematch as second loss to Kramnik would have destroyed his reputation.
4 Last word is that ... |
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Nov-15-05 Paul Morphy
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| uglybird: Just checked Tkachiev's page and you can find them there. |
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Oct-06-05 Susan Polgar
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| uglybird: Ms. Polgar, I listened to your radio interview the other night, and your soft and charming voice combined with the intelligence behind it made a wonderful impression on me. I am happy to see you back. |
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Oct-05-05 Veselin Topalov
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| uglybird: Bravo, Veselin Topalov, Bravo!! |
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Sep-21-05 Robert James Fischer
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| uglybird: Actually, Fischer complained that the tournament was not long enough. He felt that a national championship should have more than 11 rounds. In a short tournament there is a chance the best player might not win due to unlucky loss or two. |
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Aug-19-05 FIDE World Championship Tournament (2005)
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| uglybird: My picks:
Anand 50% chance to win
Leko 25%
Topalov 20%
Adams 1%
Svidler 1%
Polgar 1%
Kasimdzhanov 1%
Morozevich 1% |
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Jun-19-05 Hans Berliner
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| uglybird: I agree with you on your assesment of 'The System'! Berliner's scientific attempt to prove an advantage for White, brought about not by violent methods, but by the methodical posting of the pieces and pawns with the aim of establishing an unassailable space advantage in the center, |
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Jun-08-05 John Nunn
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| uglybird: In his radio interviews Fischer accused Nunn of making not one change, as Keene erroneously thinks, but hundreds of changes to 60 Memorable Games. Not only were outrageous grammatical changes made, but also blatantly absurd analytical changes. Fischer detailed at least a dozen of ... |
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May-09-05 Kibitzer's Café
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| uglybird: <fenno> I believe that playing blindfold chess can improve your chess significantly. Problem is that many players are intimidated, think it is too hard, and do not bother to try it. Petrosian among many other top players recommended blindfold chess as beneficial. I believe ... |
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Mar-30-05 Eric Schiller
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| uglybird: <but can you give me a reason why the judicial system would arbitrarily decide to simply kill this woman?> I could, but then you might call it a conspiracy theory. Anyway, I also will refrain from this topic on this forum. |
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