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Subject: Re: Change your name for success at chess? <OT>

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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