Crabbed age
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Jon D'Souza-Eva
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Crabbed age
At the 31st World Seniors, the women's tournament is for those aged 50+. The top seed, Nona Gaprindashvili, is 82 years old! Has there ever been another tournament where the top seed is quite so old? A related question - what is the age of the oldest ever tournament winner?
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Colin Patterson
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Re: Crabbed age
Well, Korchnoi won the Swiss national championship and the Botvinnik Memorial (Seniors) at Suzdal when he was 80, but I can't remember if he had any more tournament wins after those.
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Reg Clucas
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Re: Crabbed age
Can you please explain the thread title?
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John Townsend
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Re: Crabbed age
It's a quote from Shakespeare: "Crabbed age and youth cannot live together".
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Mark Howitt
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Re: Crabbed age
The whole thing with chess is as long as you are MENTALLY THERE u can play to an old age (although the peak for pro players is prob in their 20s)...
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Andy Stoker
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Re: Crabbed age
And I, already sans hair, sans teeth am rapidly becoming sans brain.John Townsend wrote: ↑Sun Oct 29, 2023 5:32 pmIt's a quote from Shakespeare: "Crabbed age and youth cannot live together".