Author: Roy Eassa
Date: 11:39:41 01/24/02
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On January 24, 2002 at 01:38:49, Sune Larsson wrote: >On January 23, 2002 at 19:46:05, walter irvin wrote: > >>On January 23, 2002 at 12:36:45, Otello Gnaramori wrote: >> >>>I don't remember if this was already debated here, but I would like some >>>convincing answer to the above question. >>>The Sovietic Chess School has made all the greatest chess players of this >>>century, with few exceptions... what are the secrets of these outstanding >>>performances in this discipline ? >>>A very efficient selection mechanism or a Russian genetic predisposition ...? >>>:) >>> >>>w.b.r. >>>Otello >> >>in america everything is about the money .if getting into chess would make you >>very rich or at least get you say $90,000 + yearly , americans would plow the >>russians or any one else over . but the situation is that unless you are the >>best of the best of the best , you are going to be the broke of the broke maybe >>the brokest .if the big money is not there ,then the smartest will go into >>something like a DR and make more in a year then he would have made in a life >>time at chess . > > > Yes, if big money is the main issue you can forget about chess. But those > young talents arising are very interesting and noone really knows where they > will end. Right now young US IM Hikaru Nakamura, 14 years old with ELO 2452, > is playing in the Bermudas. 3 straight wins vs the GM:s Lesiege, Vescovi and > Socko... GM-norm is 6/9. IM Emanuel Berg, Sweden is also playing here and > has 2.5/3. http://www.bermuda.bm/chess/ > > Sune Nice. Thanks for the link. It looks like Nakamura, whose rating is 6 point above the LOWEST in the tournament, is all alone in first place so far with 3 out of 3 points. Do you know anything more about this young star?
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