Where is it located?
why are Russians so good at chess
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Jul 30, 2017
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#64
arcusimpetus написал:
To paraphrase: chess is so complicated a game, it obviously takes a great intelligence to deal with it. But because, in the Soviet Union, where bullying and intimidation are the way the country is run, the rigid rules of chess are an escape from a world utterly hostile to the thinking mind.
ahahaha 
you do not know anything about the USSR, only from the TV
It's simple. In the USSR there were good children's chess schools, where the most talented players were selected
Jul 30, 2017
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#65
ulfhednar1234 wrote:
batgirl wrote:
Where is it located?
here, there, and everywhere
I've been to some of those places, mostly here and there.
Jul 30, 2017
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#66
katespeedchess wrote:
arcusimpetus написал:
To paraphrase: chess is so complicated a game, it obviously takes a great intelligence to deal with it. But because, in the Soviet Union, where bullying and intimidation are the way the country is run, the rigid rules of chess are an escape from a world utterly hostile to the thinking mind.
ahahaha you do not know anything about the USSR, only from the TV
It's simple. In the USSR there were good children's chess schools, where the most talented players were selected
such as this?
Jul 30, 2017
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#67
batgirl написал:
such as this?
Yes.
All the strong players learned to play since early childhood. Alas! Adult player can not make great progress. He will often be mistaken
Why is everything else is being compared to USA?
Jul 30, 2017
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#69
isabela14 wrote:
Why is everything else is being compared to USA?
Weel, USA is important.
Even the Americans would agree with that.
rugby more interesting than football i don"t think so!
Lol...what were those all about? geez! I'm too slow to get the joke.
Aug 1, 2017
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#77
fabelhaft wrote:
Carving01 wrote:
in 1991 they got paid very well to play chess in The Soviet Union. It was their way of' humping the leg' of the west. They wanted to show superiority so they made great chess players. Meanwhile the US was growing freedom and democracy around the world. Which seem more worthwhile to me.
Play a board or invade Iraq?
The whole Iraq thing happened after 9/11 eleven years after 1991.
Same thing with Chinese, dude.
I think it's simple and its because they have many great legends (Kasparov and Karpov) and they always have players fighting the championship (Kramnik, Karjakin, Svidler, Grischuk, etc), so kids want to be as them. In example in soccer, Brasil have Pelé, Ronaldinho, Ronaldo, Neymar, etc, so kids wants to be as their stars. The problem with US is that Bobby Fischer was the only american great legend and its government persecuted him even after his death.
Totally agree.