Don,
When i play or analyze with a world top player, like top 10 of world,
and i do not get that chance a lot in my life, then i can really
assure you,
from a social viewpoint seen, maybe YOU are far better than any of the
Russians i've ever played.
But from technical chess viewpoint seen: Op
I think people forget how many levels of skill there are. I think I
share this experience with many others, but the first time I
encountered serious chess players at a chess club, I expected to "clean
up" because I always beat casual players I might play. I simply came to
think I was good when I
i thought that story was about lasker.
s.
On Thu, Sep 11, 2008 at 9:43 AM, Magnus Persson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I know a 4-Dan player who told a story that goes something like this: He and
> his friends who were all very strong chess players at the time, discovered
> the rules of go and p
I know a 4-Dan player who told a story that goes something like this:
He and his friends who were all very strong chess players at the time,
discovered the rules of go and played a bunch of games against each
other until they thought they mastered it. Later they met a player who
gave them a
yep that's the one. GB Preston. :-) I didn't know that article existed!
Thanks!
On Thu, Sep 11, 2008 at 1:04 PM, Andrés Domínguez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote:
> 2008/9/11 Ian Preston <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> > My grandpa, Gordon Preston, used to play go and chess with Alan Turing
> every
> > day while
On Thu, 2008-09-11 at 07:53 -0400, Adrian Grajdeanu wrote:
> I read that story in a book, just after Bobby Fisher's death. Don't
> remember all details, save that he was astonished he got beaten.
I also remember that he didn't know the rules - he just learned them to
play this game and his oppone
2008/9/11 Ian Preston <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> My grandpa, Gordon Preston, used to play go and chess with Alan Turing every
> day while they were at Bletchley Park. They had 8 hours of sleep and 8 hours
> of work each day, leaving 8 hours with little else to do apart from chess
> and go. :-)
¿Gordon
On Thu, Sep 11, 2008 at 8:53 AM, Adrian Grajdeanu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I read that story in a book, just after Bobby Fisher's death. Don't remember
> all details, save that he was astonished he got beaten.
> Adrian
Hehe. After I learned the game (from a book, playing with my father
who bro
I read that story in a book, just after Bobby Fisher's death. Don't
remember all details, save that he was astonished he got beaten.
Adrian
Don Dailey wrote:
Does anyone remember an anecdote about Bobby Fischer learning to play
go? I don't remember the details but I'm trying to find a referen
My grandpa, Gordon Preston, used to play go and chess with Alan Turing every
day while they were at Bletchley Park. They had 8 hours of sleep and 8 hours
of work each day, leaving 8 hours with little else to do apart from chess
and go. :-)
On Thu, Sep 11, 2008 at 11:12 AM, Mark Boon <[EMAIL PROT
I have never heard such a story. That doesn't mean it's not true of course :)
Did you know Alan Turing played Go and was most likely the first Go
pogrammer in history? Not that I think he ever tried to write a
playing program, but I believe I read he was the first to contemplate
what it would take
Does anyone remember an anecdote about Bobby Fischer learning to play
go? I don't remember the details but I'm trying to find a reference to
this.
I remember in this "story" that Bobby learned the rules, played a game
and was beaten but that he expected to be a good player immediately
based on h
12 matches
Mail list logo
