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On Apr 11, 5:40 am, "Matt" wrote:
I had a thought recently that it would be nice to know which GM's have
the
most miniatures against other Master to GM strength players.

Had anyone seen any books or websites that may be devoted to this type
of
info?

If you include victories against masters, and if you define
"GMs" to include top players who preceded this title, it
comes down to playing activity and style. A comparison
of *percentage* of minis might put Paul Morphy at or near
the top, while a simple tally might place frequent simul-
givers well ahead. OTOH, if you wish to be very strict and
exclude non-GMs and victories against mere masters, it
boils down to something closer to overwhelming strength,
in combination with activity and still the matter of an
aggressive playing style factors in.


I'll have to dig up my Morphy book - I expect that even though he was quite
strong his competition back then was a bit of a lesser calibur which would
allow such wins. But then again, maybe I can still learn from the games. Its
not like I am playing anyone that far up the food chain. : ) I really wish
it had the new notation - I have to readjust to old-skool notation since
I've been spoiled for so long.

My best guess is that Fritz comes out on top, though
99% of the GMs and masters will never mention their
embarrassingly quick losses, which by and large,
happened in private. ;D

-- help bot


Would be interesting if them GM's could just anonymously post their
miniature Fritz games for us mere mortals to see.

Thanks a lot, bot,
Matt