Author: James Robertson
Date: 18:06:12 06/23/99
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On June 23, 1999 at 20:49:12, Robert Hyatt wrote: >On June 23, 1999 at 18:56:52, José de Jesús García Ruvalcaba wrote: > >>On June 23, 1999 at 18:42:22, Dave Gomboc wrote: >> >>>On June 23, 1999 at 18:25:42, Chuck wrote: >>> >>>>On June 23, 1999 at 18:12:54, Dann Corbit wrote: >>>> >>>>>On June 23, 1999 at 18:08:27, Robert Hyatt wrote: >>>>>[snip] >>>>>>Better rephrase that. I know an "old geezer" that would (a) give me hell if >>>>>>he heard me refer to him as that and (b) would tear a hole in most programs >>>>>>at 40/2hr. "old guys" are not "weak guys" necessarily... as many chess >>>>>>programs on ICC have found out at the hands of this particular player. :) >>>> >>>>>Karpov is no spring chicken, but I'll bet he would give programs a handfull. >>>> >>>>Okay, Bob, I have to 1-up you here (at least I think)... >>>>Korchnoi is the "old geezer" to beat! He is incredible at his age. :) >>> >>>My bet is on Karpov himself. :) >>> >>>Dave >> >> My guess is GM Roman Dzindzichasvili (I hope to spell it correctly). >>José. > > >Roman is the one I was talking about, of course... and he is incredibly strong >in spite of being well over '40' years old. :) Of course, Karpov is another >thing entirely... I wouldn't be surprised if he is the strongest blitz player >in the world... Really? He seems to have perpetual troubles with the clock, very evident in his matches with Polgar and Anand. James
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