manfredmann wrote:
obviously a phony picture Carlsen vs Ivanov
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FM Borislav Ivanov Disqualified
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johnsmithson wrote:
OK - I'll look stupid. Why is that an obviously phony picture?
I believe they don't exhibit the sexual orientation of players on the table signs. 
Just another insult from Ivanov... but then when you can play as good as Houdini 3, i suppose you can afford to be a little cocky.
Shame it wasn't natural ability though
except that houdini, as amazing as it is, cant "play"... only calculate ..and only with the data we chessmate have provided for its usage .is that correct?
manfredmann wrote:
TheBigDecline wrote:
johnsmithson wrote:
OK - I'll look stupid. Why is that an obviously phony picture?
I believe they don't exhibit the sexual orientation of players on the table signs.
I admit that it was a 'quiz question.' TheBigDecline has an eye for detail! Actually, scrolling up, this may be what Schlechter was getting at when mentioning "two characteristics in the background" being reverted.
It was kind of the first thing I've noticed when I was trying to make out what is going on that picture.
The picture itself is sort of nightmarish and self-degrading at the same time, if that's Ivanov kind of humor then I feel even sorry for him. Maybe this whole fraud is just a cry for attention??!
IMHO, and i'm not a psychologist, but i was thinking he has some sort of inferiority complex.
Surely he needs help. I think he is rather a narcissist: the worst that can happen to him is, not to have attention. He got it unfortunately (TV), and the Bulgarian federation acted not professionally (strange reasoning for Ivanov's throw-out; better would have been to grant him a second appointment for questioning - as every court would do, and also to insist on the high validity of engine analysis).
Hopefully, the voices who support him will become silent soon (imposters cannot win for long, when they are in the limelight).
A narcissist with an inferiority complex would be a bad combination.
Sunshiny wrote:
A narcissist with an inferiority complex would be a bad combination.
Ha! Pure gold, that comment.
In fact, you know what? This guy, Borislav Ivanov? Responsible for cheating, tarnishing the name of Chess, illegitimately winning prize funds in tournaments he shouldn't have won and therefore screwing the rightful winners out of it, running his mouth and being overall disrespectful, slandering Carlsen and all the other top players with that image of his??
I'd like to punch this guy in the face.
Sunshiny wrote:
A narcissist with an inferiority complex would be a bad combination.
Actually, it's a very common characteristic among narcissists, especially the biggest braggarts.
I didn't know that. One would think a narcissist would have a big ego, and i hadn't considered that many of those could be bragging to hide their feeling of inferiority.
It's not really intuitive, but you figure it out after being involved with someone who has this problem.
Why otherise would someone hate all those who (just) doubt his ingeniosity, if it is not because he (at least subconsciously) feels his own insufficiencies ?
.in the the "Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders", DSM IV; narcissistic personality disorder (NPD) and borderline personality disorder (BPD) are talked about together .a feature of the disorder is "unstable self image or sense of self" margalis fjelstad, in her book. "stop caretaking the borderline or narcissist" begins her work with a quote by the character hamlet, "this above all---to thine ownself be true; And it must follow, as night the day,Thou cannot then be false to any man." William Shakespeare
I believe it was Polonius to Laertes and not Hamlet the quote, "To thine ownself be true," Act 1 scene 3, when Laertes is off to college and Polonius, his Dad is giving fatherly advice. Cheers, John C.
strngdrvnthng wrote:
I believe it was Polonius to Laertes and not Hamlet the quote, "To thine ownself be true," Act 1 scene 3, when Laertes is off to college and Polonius, his Dad is giving fatherly advice. Cheers, John C.
yes, thankyou chessmate, you are very correct
I was hoping someone else would beat me to this, but it seems nobody has...
Analysis of the games of Kotainy @ Sparkassen, using Stockfish 3, 3 lines @25 ply. Opening reference is Megadatabase 2013:-
Top 1 Match: 141/214 (65.9%)
Top 2 Match: 173/214 (80.8%)
Top 3 Match: 189/214 (88.3%).
It's also worth noting he found 4 novelties (in 8 games) where the engine evaluation was greater than previously played moves.
I have uploaded a small *.cbv database with the stored analysis here if anyone wants a look:- http://www.sendspace.com/file/n5a5xr
No argument here. : )