Author: Andrew Williams
Date: 02:06:02 07/21/01
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On July 20, 2001 at 11:45:25, Miguel A. Ballicora wrote: >In the chessbase web site it says: > >"Tiger beats chess legend >GM Oscar Panno, 66, is a legend of Argentinean chess. GM. the 1953 junior world >champion soon rose to one of the top ten players in the world, something none > ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ >of his countrymen ever achieved. Today Panno was beaten by Chess Tiger in the >^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ >IV República Argentina International. " > > >Have they ever heard of Miguel Najdorf? > > >Regards, >Miguel This confusion is probably due to the fact that Najdorf wasn't born in Argentina. In today's Guardian newspaper (UK), the chess column features Tiger's performance in the Argentinian tournament. The author (Leonard Barden) writes: "... GM Oscar Panno, [...] Argentina's best ever native born player". It looks like Mr Barden has taken the trouble to be clear about what he is saying, while Chessbase hasn't. Andrew
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