Author: Martin Andersen
Date: 11:25:12 04/21/02
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On April 21, 2002 at 14:12:16, Roy Eassa wrote: >> >>Fide's list of the top 100 players has some interesting attributes: >> >>1) 3 of the top 4 players in the world have first names that begin with V. >> >>2) 11 of the top 19 players have first names that begin with either the letter A >>or the letter V. 58% of of the top players are using opnly 7.7% of the >>alphabet! >> >>For almost 30 years, at or near the very top were players named Karpov, >>Korchnoi, Kasparov, Kramnik, and Kamsky. After Fischer "retired", for years and >>years the top two were Karpov and Korchnoi. Now they are Kasparov and Kramnik. >>Khalifman and Karpov are in the top 15. So while you are changing your first >>name to begin with "V" or "A", you might also want to change your last name to >>begin with "K". >> >>;-) Yes, and pigs can fly.
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