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Hoopskidoodle (November 20th, 2008 @ 10:18 pm)
it, not is
Hoopskidoodle (November 20th, 2008 @ 10:17 pm)
I was talking about the cover of a popular chess program. I didn't think is necessary to specifically omit mediocre professional chess players.
vibovitold (November 20th, 2008 @ 10:13 pm)
you said "professional chess players", not every professional chess player is a grandmaster, let alone a so-called super-grandmaster, like all the players you mentioned by name. of course Waitzkin has never been nearly as strong as they are and I'm not questioning *that*
Hoopskidoodle (November 20th, 2008 @ 9:00 pm)
Correction: as you inferred on your own. I didn't "make it sound" one way or the other. Moreover, I just picked that Magnus kid out of my ass. The comment would be just as valid if I'd mentioned any Grand Master. My point was that JW has no business being on the cover of a Chess Program. Vishy Anand, Magnus C., Kramnik, Judit Polgar etc... do.
vibovitold (November 16th, 2008 @ 2:50 am)
but Magnus is a genius - not quite your average professional chess player, as you made it sound :)
vibovitold (November 16th, 2008 @ 2:48 am)
he won competitions in Tai Chi, not in brazilian jiu-jitsu - there's hardly two more different martial arts :) (I do not comment on his attitude since I don't know him)
slaviKn17 (November 4th, 2008 @ 3:59 am)
lol btw sorry for calling josh a clown, he certainly isn't, i respect him highly, its just that i heard interviews with bobby where he was mad about the release of searching for bobby fischer b/c he wasnt getting any money for it
slaviKn17 (October 31st, 2008 @ 8:39 pm)
mayb the gm was on coke, it seems hard to believe that a person who had a rating of 2400+ just didnt want to be a GM.. he was obviously involved in chess, my view is he wasnt good enough..
sasoulas (October 31st, 2008 @ 8:01 pm)
i agree. gm is a gm no matter what.
seansurfgood (October 31st, 2008 @ 7:48 pm)
look your point is he's not good enough to be a gm and im saying he beat a gm at the age of 11 so that means he must be good enough to be a gm but just didnt have the drive to attain it.. end of discussion! :P
slaviKn17 (October 31st, 2008 @ 4:38 pm)
what do u mean it never means anything? a GM is a GM..
seansurfgood (October 31st, 2008 @ 3:35 am)
the fact that he never became a gm doesnt mean anything. he completely destroyed a gm at the age of 11 check out waitzkin vs. frumkin..

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