Media comments on chess
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Heh, this is fun.
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You don't have any pics of me, John... (or of yourself, to be fair)
Adam Raoof here:
http://johnupham.smugmug.com/search/?se ... am&x=0&y=0
Nigel Short here:
http://johnupham.smugmug.com/search/?se ... am&x=0&y=0
Michael Adams here:
http://johnupham.smugmug.com/search/?se ... am&x=0&y=0
You don't have any pics of me, John... (or of yourself, to be fair)
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I was remembering what RJF said in the famous/infamous Ginzburg interview, about his plans (after he became world champ) to start up a fancy new club called "the Bobby Fischer ... uh ... the Robert J Fischer Chess Club". He banged on a lot in that interview about "respect", long before it became a widespread catch-cry among today's disaffected youth. I got the distinct impression that being called Bobby showed, for him, a lack of it.Geoff Chandler wrote:I do remember reading that Fischer once delivered a very angry look to some punter
who complained to him he had signed his autograph 'Robert' instead of 'Bobby'.
There again he did not object to his collection of 60 games being titled 'Bobby Fischer'.
"The chess-board is the world ..... the player on the other side is hidden from us ..... he never overlooks a mistake, or makes the smallest allowance for ignorance."
(He doesn't let you resign and start again, either.)
(He doesn't let you resign and start again, either.)
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I have often wondered whether the Allen Ginzburg interview was partially a fake. e.g. He says Bobby wanted to build himself a house in the shape of a chess piece. But in 'Auto da Fe' by Elias Cannetti ( which won the Nobel Prize for Literature) there is a character called Fischerle (little Fischer) who had the ambition to be World Champion, dress in nice suits (as did Bobby) and build himself such a house. So what? The book was written before Bobby was born (or possibly just before he played chess). Ginzburg may have known the book and had a little joke.
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You will find on youtube www.2014WYCC.co.za video material from the World YHouth Chess Championship here in Durban, including an interview with me.
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That's four hours worth of coverage, you might want to indicate when you appear.Stewart Reuben wrote: video material from the World YHouth Chess Championship here in Durban, including an interview with me.
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I think it was a live link. It was yesterday around about 5.30pm their time, 4.30 British. I wasn't thinking people would be eager for my interview, but like to see some of it. I don't think anybody else British has been interviewed.
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Do you know what time the coverage started? It may coincide with the round times.Stewart Reuben wrote:. It was yesterday around about 5.30pm their time, 4.30 British.
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The round started normally at 16.00 which was 15.00 British time. Monday the last round starts at 10am.
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Demis Hassabis
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-29461616
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-29461616
Any postings on here represent my personal views
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Could somebody please record the Demis programme? I don't get home from Johannesburg until Saturday. The above hasn't said which BBC programme it is on. What's more it may not still be playing.
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8.30 pm BBC2 Tonight, Only Connect has a team of chess enthusiasts
9.00 pm BBC1 tonight, New Tricks has a visit to a chess club, in which Gerry (Denis Waterman) takes a great interest. I imagine this will be intended to supply comedic effect.
9.00 pm BBC1 tonight, New Tricks has a visit to a chess club, in which Gerry (Denis Waterman) takes a great interest. I imagine this will be intended to supply comedic effect.
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Sunday Times had a substantial article 'Elderly thrive on brain power boost'. Dame Mary Warnock is featured. She is 90 and her photo shows her at a chessboard. It wasn't possible to see whether the board was round the right way. Chess is not mentioned later in the article.
But crosswords and Soduku were. Of course both are even cheaper than chess, but they require only a very small part of the brain. Dr Jana Bellin has said we should be concentrating on chess as a means of delaying the onset of Alzheimer's.
But crosswords and Soduku were. Of course both are even cheaper than chess, but they require only a very small part of the brain. Dr Jana Bellin has said we should be concentrating on chess as a means of delaying the onset of Alzheimer's.
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It was Akopian (along with Movsesian and Nisipeanu) that Kasparov referred to as a "chess tourist".Roger de Coverly wrote: You only remember Khalifman because of Kasparov's "tourist" jibe.
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Do you have a quote of precisely what Dr Jana Bellin said in this regard?Stewart Reuben wrote:Dr Jana Bellin has said we should be concentrating on chess as a means of delaying the onset of Alzheimer's.
The Abysmal Depths of Chess: https://theabysmaldepthsofchess.blogspot.com
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Sorry, no. It was a casual conversation. Do you want me to ask her to give a public statement that can be quoted?