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Subject: Re: Morozevich vs Ferret (Impromptu 5 2 match)

Author: Robert Hyatt

Date: 17:50:21 10/01/99

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On October 01, 1999 at 19:41:56, Peter McKenzie wrote:

>On October 01, 1999 at 17:43:44, Peter Kappler wrote:
>
>>On October 01, 1999 at 13:53:48, Dann Corbit wrote:
>>
>>>Do you get all tingly when you recognize that something like that is going on?
>>>;-)
>>>
>>>Related GM questions:
>>>Which are the highest rated GM's that regularly play on-line?
>>>Which are the highest rated GM's that regularly play on-line against computers?
>>>Was this the 'top dog' as far as what is available? (e.g. does Kasparov play
>>>online?)
>>
>>Here's a current list of top-5 blitz ratings for human players on ICC.
>>
>>3129 Leon(GM)
>>3115 Vic11
>>3103 Tendulkar(GM)
>>3055 A-Morozevich(GM)
>>3041 Hawkeye(IM)
>>
>>
>>Leon         = Alexei Shirov
>>Vic11        = ? (anonymous)
>>Tendulkar    = Sachin Tendulkar
>>A-Morozevich = Alexander Morozevich
>>Hawkeye      = Ronald Schmaltz
>>
>>
>>I have never heard of Sachin Tendulkar, but he must be quite a strong blitz
>>player.  Certainly Shirov and Morozevich are the two best-known super GMs
>
>hahahaha!
>You Americans are so uncivilised :-)  (yes, a joke)
>Sachin Tendulkar is a famous cricket (a sort of complicated form of baseball
>that lasts for up to 5 days per game) player from India, in fact he is probably
>the world's best batsman.  I'd put money on this account being Vishy Anand...
>
>>reguarly play on ICC.  Morozevich is #4 on the July 99 FIDE rating list, and
>>Shirov is #5.
>
>Information about Leon(GM) (Last disconnected Fri Oct 01 1999 19:01):
>
>          rating [need] win  loss  draw total   best
>Bughouse    2065  [6]     6     6     0    12
>Bullet      2313  [4]     2     2     0     4
>Blitz       3129        248    76    55   379   3196 (15-Sep-1999)
>
> 1: Alexei Shirov
>
>his best of 3196 is I think an ICC record, tied with Ferret.

No.. the current blitz best-ever on ICC is 3249, held by Crafty.  Although
I wouldn't be surprised to see Ferret pass this...



>>
>>I'm sure there are many other super-GMs who play on ICC, but most of them prefer
>>to remain anonymous.
>>
>>
>>--Peter
>
>cheers



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