Phoenix isn't Magnus 
Who is the mysterious GM Phoenix?
He can still be Carlsen.
Carlsen played the french in a lot of rapid/blitz (E.g. Amber).
Also Nakamura has played it in blitz.
My guess
50%Naka
20%Carlsen
20%Anand (also played the French- also, a phoenix rises from his ashes)
8%Ivanchuk (troll)
2%Kamsky
He can still be Carlsen.
Carlsen played the french in a lot of rapid/blitz (E.g. Amber).
Also Nakamura has played it in blitz.
My guess
50%Naka
20%Carlsen
20%Anand (also played the French- also, a phoenix rises from his ashes)
8%Ivanchuk (troll)
2%Kamsky
I actually really like those guesses. Me and you are on the same page. As to George, have you seen Phoenix play? OMG he's inredible, he almost never loses. Naka was on his regular account earlier and he wasn't much better than Phoenix.
Dont you hate it when the font glitches to look like this? ARHG!
But @BM I think some one beat you to that joke already! XD
Nakamura has an account. http://www.chess.com/members/view/Hikaru
i think GM Phoenix is that guy whose pretending that the mole in his face is really a mole when in truth its a dried-up bogger.
GM Eric Hansen is a bliz monster on chesscube.com. My bet is on him.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Nuvg_TrEJ4
Other top Canadian players:
http://chess-db.com/public/execute.jsp?age=99&sex=a&countries=CAN
Still trying to find out the mysterious part.
I find it mysterious when your woman cooks you dinner
and you have no clue what it is
and she says it is your favorite. (~) ^ (?)
lol, I love how people are putting forth the fact that Naka has an account as if it is evidence he is not Phoenix.
Seriously JMB, why would Naka list himself in Vancouver? If he wanted to cover his tracks he could've picked any other continent.
lol, I love how people are putting forth the fact that Naka has an account as if it is evidence he is not Phoenix.
It is evidence, though not very strong evidence. He very well could have made two accounts, one anonymous and one identified.
I think whats stronger proof it's not nakamura is if you look at phoenix's games and look at nakamura's games, its clear they are different people.
He is GM Phoenix.
The other day I was in a laundromat in Jackson, Mississsippi. I looked over, and there was Magnus Carlsen. I asked him "who are you", and he replied "Magnus", and I said "no, who are you really? GM Phoenix? GM Hikaru? Smallville?"
I never got an answer out of him, so I really dont know who he was. Other than the name he goes by in the non-cybernetic world.
In other news: Shakespeare was not written by Shakespeare!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shakespeare_authorship_question
It was actually writen by a guy who just happened to be named Shakespeare, just to throw us all off the trail.