Author: Roy Eassa
Date: 11:40:45 04/21/02
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On April 21, 2002 at 14:32:21, Christophe Theron wrote: >On April 21, 2002 at 14:25:12, Martin Andersen wrote: > >>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. > > >How? I'm interested. > Stick 'em in an airplane?
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