Author: Christophe Theron
Date: 12:47:34 04/21/02
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On April 21, 2002 at 14:40:45, Roy Eassa wrote:
>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?
Aha, yes. Naturally. :)
Christophe
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