Boris Savchenko
Which GM's have you met in person?
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Garry Kasparov in the 2017 U.S. SuperNationals
Jul 19, 2017
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My only Kasparov interaction was a "hi" and a head nod in St Louis last year.
I'll see him play this year, but I doubt he'll be socializing with the other players so I don't guess I'll get to meet him.
He is my favorite player of all time though!
I'll see him play this year, but I doubt he'll be socializing with the other players so I don't guess I'll get to meet him.
He is my favorite player of all time though!
Jul 19, 2017
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#148
I was lucky for Shak to teach me about a week ago... as well as Rauf, and Daniel Naroditsky!! It was all part of a camp for experts.
Jul 19, 2017
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#149
Krush is awesome. I lost to her in a simul and after the game she showed me a cool Positional trap in some variations we could have gone in to.
Jul 30, 2017
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#152
Yes, at the Sinquefield Cup. Svidler played there last year as well so I got to say "hi" but per my original statement I don't really consider that meeting someone.
So I'm hoping that I'll get a chance to actually meet him this time.
So I'm hoping that I'll get a chance to actually meet him this time.
Thomas Bartell, Brian Smith at the DE State Open Championship.
Jul 30, 2017
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#154
Bartell is an IM.
Here's a link to a story I wrote about him years ago.
It won't link since I'm posting from my phone but you can copy and paste.
https://www.google.com/amp/s/patch.com/illinois/skokie/amp/16034910/new-princes-crowned-in-the-game-of-kings
Here's a link to a story I wrote about him years ago.
It won't link since I'm posting from my phone but you can copy and paste.
https://www.google.com/amp/s/patch.com/illinois/skokie/amp/16034910/new-princes-crowned-in-the-game-of-kings
I played Gary Kasparov in a team of three in about 1999 at the Cobden Club in London. Afterwards he invited us to sit as his table, and I sat opposite him.
It was a charity thing, and he was playing a dozen other teams, I should say! But we took him further than anyone else.
Chris, yes. I sat almost directly opposite him for a three course dinner, with my two other team members. The only thing I can remember eating is 'wilted spinach'. I can't remember what we talked about though. My brother still has the move card, and I'd like to look at it. We actually gave him a tough time before he ended us!
(I mean, clearly we didn't give him a 'tough time' not being international GMs, let's put it that way, but has was playing a room full of simultaneous games and we were touched with genius for like two moves).
I've never so much as been in the same room as Kramnik.