One Less Grandmaster in the World
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Bobby Fischer Checkmated[^] It seems he has played his last game them! I seem to remember some of the great battles of this time, Karpov was around then wasn't he?
------------------------------------ I try to appear cooler, by calling him Euler.
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Bobby Fischer Checkmated[^] It seems he has played his last game them! I seem to remember some of the great battles of this time, Karpov was around then wasn't he?
------------------------------------ I try to appear cooler, by calling him Euler.
He reached the last square... :rose: Odd. I remembered him earlier this week, because I realized my colleague is his namesake.
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He reached the last square... :rose: Odd. I remembered him earlier this week, because I realized my colleague is his namesake.
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"Visual studio desperately needs some performance improvements. It is sometimes almost as slow as eclipse." - Rüdiger Klaehn
"Real men use mspaint for writing code and notepad for designing graphics." - Anna-Jayne MetcalfeI believe he went mad, demanding draws to be counted to him, and that certain people couldn't were certain things etc. I suppose madness affects Ches GM's, Karpov believed his yoghurt was helping him and Korchnoi wore mirrored glasses so he couldn't be hypnotised by murderers in the crowd! Presumably Nutters Only Need Apply! :)
------------------------------------ I try to appear cooler, by calling him Euler.
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I believe he went mad, demanding draws to be counted to him, and that certain people couldn't were certain things etc. I suppose madness affects Ches GM's, Karpov believed his yoghurt was helping him and Korchnoi wore mirrored glasses so he couldn't be hypnotised by murderers in the crowd! Presumably Nutters Only Need Apply! :)
------------------------------------ I try to appear cooler, by calling him Euler.
I wonder if some/a lot of the grand masters suffer from autism or related conditions. There was a fascinating program a few months back on C4 (I think) about a bunch of British kids training for the Math's Olympics (or whatever it's called), and a fair few of them had some form of autism, especially those who were exceptionally gifted mathematicians.
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I wonder if some/a lot of the grand masters suffer from autism or related conditions. There was a fascinating program a few months back on C4 (I think) about a bunch of British kids training for the Math's Olympics (or whatever it's called), and a fair few of them had some form of autism, especially those who were exceptionally gifted mathematicians.
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I wonder if some/a lot of the grand masters suffer from autism or related conditions. There was a fascinating program a few months back on C4 (I think) about a bunch of British kids training for the Math's Olympics (or whatever it's called), and a fair few of them had some form of autism, especially those who were exceptionally gifted mathematicians.
Well I am slightly Aspergers, lists and lines, arrange things in groups by commonist to least common etc. The worst part is my food. I can have nothing touching anything else on a plate, it drives me do-lally! (Except Gravy, that is allowed, and Never Ever anything Yellow(Except Pudding Gravy(ie Custard))). Punctuality is God! If people are 1 second late I start getting anxious, and by 1 minute I am convinced they aren't coming and leave! I am not Great at chess, presumably because I am not Autistic enough?
------------------------------------ I try to appear cooler, by calling him Euler.
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V.Anand from India does not have such whimsical peculiarities. A very down-to-earth chess player with no tantrums and baggage associated with him.
v1i9n6o7d wrote:
V.Anand from India does not have such whimsical peculiarities
Indeed, I've noticed this about this player!
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Well I am slightly Aspergers, lists and lines, arrange things in groups by commonist to least common etc. The worst part is my food. I can have nothing touching anything else on a plate, it drives me do-lally! (Except Gravy, that is allowed, and Never Ever anything Yellow(Except Pudding Gravy(ie Custard))). Punctuality is God! If people are 1 second late I start getting anxious, and by 1 minute I am convinced they aren't coming and leave! I am not Great at chess, presumably because I am not Autistic enough?
------------------------------------ I try to appear cooler, by calling him Euler.
Dalek Dave wrote:
I am not Great at chess, presumably because I am not Autistic enough?
Possibly... but i think autism is too lazy a label for the whole panoply of human variation.
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Bobby Fischer Checkmated[^] It seems he has played his last game them! I seem to remember some of the great battles of this time, Karpov was around then wasn't he?
------------------------------------ I try to appear cooler, by calling him Euler.