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Drunk grandmaster checkmated after dozing off
Reuters on Yahoo ^
| 9/4/09
| Sanjay Rajan
Posted on 09/04/2009 6:10:37 PM PDT by NormsRevenge
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if he kept his cat naps short, he had a chance to advance..
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posted on
09/04/2009 6:11:04 PM PDT
by
NormsRevenge
(Semper Fi ... Godspeed .. Monthly Donor Onboard)
To: NormsRevenge
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posted on
09/04/2009 6:12:54 PM PDT
by
allmost
To: NormsRevenge
A drunk Frenchman? I don’t believe it.
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posted on
09/04/2009 6:16:44 PM PDT
by
GunRunner
To: GunRunner
>Indian papers carried pictures of the world number 58 sleeping and the organizers’ futile attempts to wake his up.
# 58 in sleeping? He’s got a better future being a night watchman.
To: NormsRevenge
Jose Capablanca, the Cuban who was world champion, (1921-1927) and esteemed one of the greatest players of all time, was famous for womanizing and partying. He played shortstop for Columbia (before Lou Gehrig was there) and dropped out to concentrate on chess. Asked how many moves ahead he played, he replied, “One, but it always the right move!”
Of course, just because you’re a lush doesn’t mean you’re Capablanca.,
To: GunRunner
A drunk Frenchman? I dont believe it.Uhhh, Vladislav Tkachiev doesn't sound French to me. I think we're talking vodka, not cheap red wine here.
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posted on
09/04/2009 6:21:57 PM PDT
by
Fresh Wind
("Prosperity is just around the corner." Herbert Hoover, 1932)
To: NormsRevenge
Clueless headline.
He wasn’t checkmated; he lost on time control.
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posted on
09/04/2009 6:23:43 PM PDT
by
Interesting Times
(For the truth about "swift boating" see ToSetTheRecordStraight.com)
To: NormsRevenge
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posted on
09/04/2009 6:26:09 PM PDT
by
raybbr
(It's going to get a lot worse now that the anchor babies are voting!)
To: NormsRevenge
Considering my lousy playing of late, I think that is the best move for me.
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posted on
09/04/2009 6:27:32 PM PDT
by
theDentist
(fybo qwerty ergo typo : i type, therefore i misspelll)
To: NormsRevenge
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posted on
09/04/2009 6:31:35 PM PDT
by
wally_bert
(It's sheer elegance in its simplicity! - The Middleman)
To: NormsRevenge
Indian papers carried pictures of the world number 58 sleeping and the organizers' futile attempts to wake his up. It isn't sleeping it is being passed out!
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posted on
09/04/2009 6:34:39 PM PDT
by
calex59
(Hope for a new job counts for creating a job! The dimwits are truly insane.)
To: NormsRevenge
Dipso-Indian Defense.
Sorry.
To: NormsRevenge
It appears that the Indian captured the match en passout...
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posted on
09/04/2009 6:52:43 PM PDT
by
mikrofon
(Good Knight, Vladi)
To: NormsRevenge
I reads the headline and thought the article was about senator Byrd....Seriously.
To: Lonesome in Massachussets
I have a vague recollection of hearing a story where a dead man won a chess game, on account of the opponent’s clock running out. Maybe it’s just folklore but maybe it’s true...do you know?
To: NormsRevenge; decimon; Daffynition; JoeProBono
Indian papers carried pictures of the world number 58 sleeping
He's 58th in the world? Why doesn't he just give up?
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posted on
09/04/2009 8:16:18 PM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
(https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/__Since Jan 3, 2004__Profile updated Monday, January 12, 2009)
To: SunkenCiv; NormsRevenge
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posted on
09/04/2009 8:24:13 PM PDT
by
JoeProBono
(A closed mouth gathers no feet)
To: Fresh Wind
A drunk Frenchman? I don’t believe it. Uhhh, Vladislav Tkachiev doesn't sound French to me
Nobody expects a Russian to drink
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posted on
09/04/2009 8:50:57 PM PDT
by
Oztrich Boy
(War is fought by human beings. - Carl von Clausewitz in On War)
To: NormsRevenge
“A leading French chess player”
That phrase has been something of an oxymoron since Louis de La Bourdonnais died in 1840. I suppose Etienne Bacrot is worthy of some note, but not the drunk mentioned in this article.
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posted on
09/04/2009 10:02:30 PM PDT
by
devere
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