gxtmf1 wrote:
I may be the only yankee that loves "Short" but he's nonetheless my favorite GM.
Why did you put his name in inverted commas?
Nigel Short, age 44, and back to the top !
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That's actually how it's spelt.
gabrielconroy wrote:
That's actually how it's spelt.
I don't see anyone spelling it wrong before...
No, I mean his full name includes the quotation marks. It's an old English tradition, related to our love of irony.
I don't know what you mean, and I'm as English as the Cotswolds...
Interestingly, the Cotswalds are actually the property of Belgium.
Diet_Coke wrote:
Interestingly, his current FIDE rank, 44, is also his age.
Here's a question. Who has the highest rank that was also their age?
gabrielconroy wrote:
Interestingly, the Cotswalds are actually the property of Belgium.
Maybe, but they are quintessentially English by nature.
Aug 20, 2009
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#30
Talk about splitting hairs. The guy is one of the greatest living chess players on the planet. Nobody in this forum can compete with him.
ChessDweeb wrote:
The guy is one of the greatest living chess players on the planet. Nobody in this forum can compete with him.
Yup. You can see some of his blitz games on YouTube, where his live rating is over 3000.
They aren't inverted commas. They're quotation marks. It just feels weird typing that I like Short without them because Short is also an adjective. It's an odd habit of mine.
Nigel has gone up to 29th in the world according to the latest live ratings.
Aug 21, 2009
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#35
He has always been there and there abouts kasparov out rated him in their pca worlds match but it was bad prep that made kaspy win that so comfy
gabrielconroy wrote:
No, I mean his full name includes the quotation marks. It's an old English tradition, related to our love of irony.
No it isn't. Maybe you've been away too long.
Aug 21, 2009
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#37
Mickey Adams has been stronger for a very long time though.
I wonder if David Howell will eventually surpass them both? 2755 and number 4 in the world are quite lofty goals, but he is already Britain's youngest GM.
I have never been convinced that Adams is a stronger player than Short ( both at their best ) regardless of ratings. Short did beat Karpov in a match and did manage to get to a world championship match. What has Adams done that compare to this ?
Reached the final of the FIDE knockout WCH I believe. No mean feat.
Reb wrote:
I have never been convinced that Adams is a stronger player than Short ( both at their best ) regardless of ratings. Short did beat Karpov in a match and did manage to get to a world championship match. What has Adams done that compare to this ?
If he could have managed to beat Kasimdzhanov back in those little matches FIDE had he would have been world champ...well, "world champ." In the sense that Kasim was WC, which never had much gravity for me even though he played best among the competitors at the time. Sigh. That's another issue lol.
I may be the only yankee that loves "Short" but he's nonetheless my favorite GM. He has a mean Queen's Gambit Declined.