Arnold hones killer heuristics with chess champ Kasparov

ChessBase.com ^ | October 11, 2003 | ChessBase News

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11.10.2003 On Tuesday Arnold Alois Schwarzenegger was elected California's new governor, replacing incumbent Grey Davis. The Austrian-born body builder and Hollywood action star (Terminator, Predator, Total Recall, Running Man, Conan) becomes the head of the world's fifth largest economy. So can you figure out why all of this is of interest on a chess newspage? You will never guess...

Regular visitors to our site will know that Arnold Schwarzenegger is interested in chess – a few months ago we had an article on his involvement in the game. But did you know that "Arnie" is a good buddy of Garry Kasparov? Here's the proof.

These pictures, which we have bee trying to get hold of for a year now, were taken in March 2002, when the greatest chess player of all time dropped in on the greatest action hero of all time.

For a long time now Schwarzenegger has been deeply involved in the After-School All-Stars movement, which includes year-round Summer and after-school programs in sports, computer technology, fine arts, education – and chess.

Arnold is an active chess player. He and his two boys have a chess coach, as does his wife Maria and their two daughters. We hear that the women's team is stronger. The girls, Katherine and Cristina, are 14 and 12, the boys, Patrick and Christopher, 10 and 6.

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It would be helpful to have a governor who thinks 30 years ahead...

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[livius]

Neat!

[ambrose]

He plays a good game of poker as well. The way he used Drudge to bluff DiFi into not running was a masterstroke.

[Yeti]

He seems really "focused" on the game in that pic.

[mrsmith]

"I'll be black!"

[FairOpinion]

Ping -- Another example of "Arnold is smarter than you think"


"Arnold is an active chess player. He and his two boys have a chess coach, as does his wife Maria and their two daughters. We hear that the women's team is stronger. The girls, Katherine and Cristina, are 14 and 12, the boys, Patrick and Christopher, 10 and 6."


Chessplayers are smart people, who are patient, disciplined and think strategically.

Also come and check out the picture of Arnold playing chess. :)

[FairOpinion]

Arnold Schwarzenegger and his buddy Garry Kasparov, who was world chess champion for 15 years.

[MeneMeneTekelUpharsin]

Two good websites to play online chess:

Click here for Chess.net

Click here for Chessbase.com

Personally, I prefer and play on chessbase.com's website. My handle is "matamosca" if someone wants to play. Let me know you're from Free Republic.

[CheneyChick]

His tactics in outwitting his bodybuilding competition are legendary as well.

Thanks for the ping!

[alwaysconservative]

Bump and thanks for posting this! Another interesting angle to the new governor.

[FairOpinion]

I also went to your link, where they had this great quote from the New Yorker:

"Everything Arnold does to advance himself (which is to say, everything Arnold does) is carefully thought through by an analytical mind that always looks many steps ahead and is acute and coldly realistic about the strengths and weaknesses of everybody in the game, himself included. "

(From New Yorker article about Arnold:
http://newyorker.com/fact/content/?030929fa_fact)

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[PhiKapMom]

Thanks for the ping! Would say that the Anti-Arnold people in CA including Davis/Cruz badly underestimated Arnold! I love it!

[alwaysconservative]

Good point, although Drudge is probably a little less sanguine about having been used as part of a bluff. Oh well, when Matt finally realizes that Collyfornia could have remained under control of the Dims with babykiller DiFi in the race, he might come around too!

[FairOpinion]

And some stats about CA, for those who may not be familiar, mentioned in the article:

The state of California has the world's fifth largest economy. The gross state product exceeds $1.3 trillion, accounting for 13 percent of the national US output. It ranges only behind Japan, Germany and the United Kingdom.

California's population is 35 million, with a 15 million increase over the past 30 years. Currently it the state is adding about 550,000 persons annually – more than a city the size of Long Beach or a state the size of Wyoming.

The five Southern California counties of Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino, and San Diego account for 55 percent of state's total population, and 52 percent of the total increase in population since 1997.

25% of California's current residents – a total of 8.9 million people – were born outside of the United States. This compares to 10% for the US as a whole. About half the foreign-born Californians are from Latin America, another third are from Asia. 80% of the foreign-born Californians live in the metropolitan areas of Los Angeles (5.1 million) and San Francisco (1.9 million).

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[ambrose]

Thanks for the ping! Would say that the Anti-Arnold people in CA including Davis/Cruz badly underestimated Arnold!

You mean, misunderstimated...

[Victoria Delsoul]

Chessplayers are smart people, who are patient, disciplined and think strategically.

You said it, FO!

Bump!

[ex-Texan]

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