JosephReidNZ wrote:
Chess Tourists: the pioneers and the current generation
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wow, the bunny is terribly disappointed by the total lack of interest from the community!
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sergei_Movsesian was rated 2751 and #10 in the world at his peak in 2009.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liviu-Dieter_Nisipeanu was rated 2707 at his peak in 2005.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vladimir_Akopian was rated 2713 at his peak in 2006 and was an FIDE world chess champ finalist in 1999, the same year Kasparov called him a tourist.
That the folks in the 2700 club could be called tourists!
bump?
And a bump.
the bunny noticed that this was mentioned briefly here under #1 kasparov
https://www.chess.com/article/view/the-top-3-chess-insults
do note the comment of another bunny in the same article seeking redress
www.chess.com/article/view/the-top-3-chess-insults#comment-34340546
in case the above doesn't work ...
https://www.chess.com/article/view/the-top-3-chess-insults?page=5
ha!
and another bump!
thank you kind bumpers but somehow there seems to be no interest in this topic, so the bunny shall not post any more on this.
Why do you always refer to yourself in the third person?
jjupiter6 wrote:
Why do you always refer to yourself in the third person?
perhaps the bunny has delusions of grandeur or just doesn't understand proper pronoun usage
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Illeism
The Hulk does that, too.
Pulpofeira wrote:
The Hulk does that, too.
And Thor asked him the same question
But the most important thing is to be comfortable with oneself
The amigo is unable to see the last image
Back in 1999, Kasparov invented the term "chess tourist" that resulted in a bit of "no u" retorts in the local kid lingo.
https://theweekinchess.com/html/twic249.html#2
Where, in a throwaway comment, Kasparov described the event as having 3 tourists – Akopian, Movsesian and Nisipeanu in the later stages, it is actually deadly serious for these players. Nisipeanu pointed out that "He doesn't even know me. OK, next to Kasparov, I am a tourist." and that "When I return to the Bundesliga, maybe I will ask to play second board now." Akopian that " I will earn more money here than I could earn in three or four years otherwise." and although he admits to be extremely lazy about his preparations as a chess player he said about playing Kasparov, "Once, I had a completely winning position, but his luck saved him: it was a team match, and I gave him a draw because my team had already won the match. In the other game, he was White. He immediately began trading all the pieces and he made a draw against me. OK, he was White, I could not prevent him from doing this. But for me, for sure Kasparov is a tourist." and that "I will earn more money here than I could earn in three or four years otherwise." Theirs are not just competitive nerves but real financial ones too.
In 2002, the wounds were still fresh when akopian beat Garry in a game dubbed "the tourist trap".
http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1254316
Seems to have been all but forgotten now just 2 decades later. The bunny sees many discussions here about patzers but none about tourists. The latter would definitely be more inclusive as even top players were not spared. So in the spirit of inclusiveness and with great respect for the pioneer tourists, the bunny asks, "who are the non tourists today?"