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Subject: Re: (OT) Why all the top chess players are from Russia ? (Ponomariov is)

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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