I don't see what's so cool about Petrosian, but I definitely agree with Capablanca.
Which Grandmaster has the coolest name?
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What about Feodor Ivanovich Duz-Khotimirsky and Eugene Alexandrovich Znosko-Borovsky ?
And Roman Yakovlevich Dzindzichashvili or Octavio Siqueiro F. Trompowsky de Almeida...
Lionel Adelberto Bagration Felix Kieseritzky !
Never ridicule a name...
Eugene Alexandrovich Znosko-Borovsky, I like his name
Ian Nepomniachoo is pretty cool to me.
Kasparov went the rock star route and had his name made for him.
Beat that!
Iivo Nei from Estonia has a cool name. Plus, he was born on Halloween.
#iwantcandy
But has he ever played chess with a pumpkin on his head ?
TheEnglishConquerd getting a little out of line there!
Apr 10, 2014
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LuftWaffles wrote:
It'd be in all the chess headlines if ZhangZhong put someone in ZugZwang.
Capablanca sounds good (what does it mean?) Short is concise.
Or if Zhang Zhong sang a song during a game.
Apr 10, 2014
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Estrinian wrote:
Capablanca sounds good (what does it mean?) Short is concise.
White head? Maybe his ancestors had complexion issues...
Senator-Blutarsky wrote:
But has he ever played chess with a pumpkin on his head ?
No, but Alexander Alekhine is scary enough for both of them.
#decapitatablanca
Estrinian wrote:
Capablanca sounds good (what does it mean?) Short is concise.
+1, always thought it was a cool name.
Apr 10, 2014
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LuftWaffles wrote:
Rickstereo wrote:
SOLAK DRAGAN, thats a name i wouldnt mind losing to.
I think he'd be in Slytherin. :D
Haha, indeed, snape's eye wouldnt miss such a specimen
Capa does have that Copacabana air about him.
It seems like most of the greatest players of all time have awesome names. Magnus Carlsen, Viswanathan Anand, Vladimir Kramnik, Garry Kasparov, Jose Raul Capablanca, Tigran Petrosian... the list goes on and on.
My personal favorites are Capablanca and Petrosian. I would kill to have a name like that. Who do you guys think has the coolest name?