Author: Sune Larsson
Date: 13:09:36 01/24/02
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On January 24, 2002 at 14:39:41, Roy Eassa wrote: >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? Not so much really, but young Nakamura has developed very rapidly. He was 2nd in the Wch U14 2001 and looks like coming from a chessplaying family. In the Bermuda tournament he outgunned GM Lesiege 2572 with tactical fireworks. GM Vescovi 2590 was better but misplayed the position and even lost it to the youngster. GM Socko 2585 blundered heavily. Sune
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