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

Author: Peter McKenzie

Date: 23:27:42 10/01/99

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On October 01, 1999 at 20:50:21, Robert Hyatt wrote:

>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...

oops, my mistake.
thanks for mentioning 'help record' in the other post too...

>
>
>
>>>
>>>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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