I like Fischer very much. He was a phenomenon. Genius.
Who is your chess idol and why?
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Beth Harmon, cuz she’s hot
fischer
Albertybubbydoo wrote:
Beth Harmon, cuz she’s hot
lol
Ultimate_Fighter wrote:
WFM Alexandra Botez is my Chess idol because she represents the epitome of a strong, intelligent chess female with good morals and values. To me, she represents everything that is good about chess and serves as an excellent example for young girls like myself. She is very competitive and plays at the level of 2300+ in blitz.
I have seen only a few of her YouTube videos, but she and her sister seem to be all that you said. They are great examples of where talent and hard work can take girls in chess. I hope they are an encouragement to all.
Ultimate_Fighter wrote:
WFM Alexandra Botez is my Chess idol because she represents the epitome of a strong, intelligent chess female with good morals and values. To me, she represents everything that is good about chess and serves as an excellent example for young girls like myself. She is very competitive and plays at the level of 2300+ in blitz.
Very well said!
Jan 9, 2021
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EvelynTelos wrote:
pwnsrppl2 wrote:
Ultimate_Fighter wrote:
WFM Alexandra Botez is my Chess idol because she represents the epitome of a strong, intelligent chess female with good morals and values. To me, she represents everything that is good about chess and serves as an excellent example for young girls like myself. She is very competitive and plays at the level of 2300+ in blitz.
I have seen only a few of her YouTube videos, but she and her sister seem to be all that you said. They are great examples of where talent and hard work can take girls in chess. I hope they are an encouragement to all.
Girls do make better players if they play
no. Both boys and girls are equally talented.
Judit Polgár - Judit Polgár is a Hungarian chess player.
1. She is generally considered the strongest female chess player of all time.
2. Judit Polgár achieved the title of Grandmaster at the age of 15 years and 4 months, at the time the youngest to have done so, breaking the record previously held by former World Champion Bobby Fischer.
3. She is the only woman to be a serious candidate for the World Chess Championship, which she did in the FIDE World Chess Championship 2005; she had previously participated in large, 100+ player knockout tournaments for the world championship.
4. She is the first, and to date only, woman to have surpassed 2700 Elo, reaching a career peak rating of 2735 and peak world ranking of No. 8 in 2005.
5. She is the only woman to be ranked in the top ten of all chess players, first reaching that ranking in 1996.
6. She was the No. 1 rated woman in the world from January 1989 until her retirement on 13 August 2014.
7. Judit Polgár is the only woman to have won a game against a reigning world number one player, and has defeated eleven current or former world champions in either rapid or classical chess: Magnus Carlsen, Anatoly Karpov, Garry Kasparov, Vladimir Kramnik, Boris Spassky, Vasily Smyslov, Veselin Topalov, Viswanathan Anand, Ruslan Ponomariov, Alexander Khalifman, Rustam Kasimdzhanov
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Jul 10, 2023
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Karl Schlechter. He was the hardest working man in chess. He was editor of the Duetsche Shachzeitung and the last edition of “Das Handbuch.”
He was extremely difficult to defeat, thus his nickname “The Drawing Master”. He was, at the same time, a true sportsman.
He quickly grasped the importance of Steinitz’s theories and used them to his advantage.
He had an excellent tournament record taking first, or tieing for first, in many strong tournaments in the first decade of the 20th century.
In his match against Lasker for the WC when all he needed was a draw to become WC, he just played chess in that 10th game. He loved the game that much.
He had a universal style, and could play for position or tactics as the situation dictated. He used the entire board.
His death in the famine at the end of WWI was a tragedy for chess.
He was extremely difficult to defeat, thus his nickname “The Drawing Master”. He was, at the same time, a true sportsman.
He quickly grasped the importance of Steinitz’s theories and used them to his advantage.
He had an excellent tournament record taking first, or tieing for first, in many strong tournaments in the first decade of the 20th century.
In his match against Lasker for the WC when all he needed was a draw to become WC, he just played chess in that 10th game. He loved the game that much.
He had a universal style, and could play for position or tactics as the situation dictated. He used the entire board.
His death in the famine at the end of WWI was a tragedy for chess.
Who is your chess idol and why?