I was watching the Aronian game on the ICC yesterday when a kibitzer noted
that Aronian was only 137 cm tall (about 5'4"). Is this true?

Just curious.
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Ian Burton
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"Ian Burton" wrote in message
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I was watching the Aronian game on the ICC yesterday when a kibitzer noted
that Aronian was only 137 cm tall (about 5'4"). Is this true?

I have seen him and he is probably about 4 foot 10". He is a hell of a short
guy. It is hard for me to tell because I am 7ft 9"!

Alan OBrien wrote:
"Ian Burton" wrote in message
news:7yDfg.25109$ZW3.11770@dukeread04...
I was watching the Aronian game on the ICC yesterday when a kibitzer noted
that Aronian was only 137 cm tall (about 5'4"). Is this true?

I have seen him and he is probably about 4 foot 10". He is a hell of a short
guy.

4'10", seriously? I've sometimes thought about who was the greatest
chess player for his size. They used to call "Sugar" Ray Robinson "the
greatest boxer pound for pound," but who was the greatest chess player
inch for inch? Some obvious candidates would include Morphy, Steinitz,
Reshevsky, Fine and Karpov. Some other contenders could be Kotov,
Gheorghiu, Sultan Khan or Kupchik. Weren't Tal and Capablanca also on
the small side? And how tall is Short?

It is hard for me to tell because I am 7ft 9"!

At the other end of the scale we have Alekhine, Euwe, Fischer,
Kramnik, and Donner, all well over 6 feet, IIRC. But it sounds like
Alan has them beat hollow, along with Wilt Chamberlain, Kareem
Abdul-Jabbar and Shaq O'Neal.

Taylor Kingston wrote:
Alan OBrien wrote:
"Ian Burton" wrote in message
news:7yDfg.25109$ZW3.11770@dukeread04...
I was watching the Aronian game on the ICC yesterday when a kibitzer
noted that Aronian was only 137 cm tall (about 5'4"). Is this true?

If I recall correctly, Bill Brock has written
that he's about 5 feet 3 1/2 inches tall.

I have seen him and he is probably about 4 foot 10".
He is a hell of a short guy.

4'10", seriously? I've sometimes thought about who was the greatest
chess player for his size. They used to call "Sugar" Ray Robinson

Perhaps Ray Gordon should be called "'Silicon' Ray Gordon". :-)

"the greatest boxer pound for pound," but who was the greatest chess player
inch for inch? Some obvious candidates would include Morphy, Steinitz,
Reshevsky, Fine and Karpov. Some other contenders could be Kotov,
Gheorghiu, Sultan Khan or Kupchik. Weren't Tal and Capablanca also
on the small side? And how tall is Short?

It is hard for me to tell because I am 7ft 9"!

At the other end of the scale we have Alekhine, Euwe,
Fischer, Kramnik, and Donner, all well over 6 feet, IIRC.

Bu Xiangzhi's also quite tall.

But it sounds like Alan has them beat hollow, along with
Wilt Chamberlain, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and Shaq O'Neal.

Yao Ming's listed as 229 cm (7 feet 6 inches) tall.

--Nick

02.06.2006 02:23, Nick:

Yao Ming's listed as 229 cm (7 feet 6 inches) tall.

Then Eric Idle must be *much* taller than I thought, as Yao Ming only
comes up to his knees.

Greetings,
Ralf

01.06.2006 17:17, Ian Burton:
I was watching the Aronian game on the ICC yesterday when a kibitzer noted
that Aronian was only 137 cm tall (about 5'4"). Is this true?

Just as a remark: 5'4'' is about 162 cm.

Greetings,
Ralf

On Thu, 1 Jun 2006 08:17:23 -0700, "Ian Burton"
wrote:

I was watching the Aronian game on the ICC yesterday when a kibitzer noted
that Aronian was only 137 cm tall (about 5'4"). Is this true?

Just curious.

Bruce Lee was 5'4".

EZoto

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"Ian Burton" wrote in
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I was watching the Aronian game on the ICC yesterday when a kibitzer
noted that Aronian was only 137 cm tall (about 5'4"). Is this true?

Just curious.

On Thu, 01 Jun 2006 23:28:09 -0400, EZoto wrote:

On Thu, 1 Jun 2006 08:17:23 -0700, "Ian Burton"
wrote:

I was watching the Aronian game on the ICC yesterday when a kibitzer noted
that Aronian was only 137 cm tall (about 5'4"). Is this true?

Just curious.

Bruce Lee was 5'4".

What counts is air time.


EZoto

Ralf Callenberg wrote:
02.06.2006 02:23, Nick:
Yao Ming's listed as 229 cm (7 feet 6 inches) tall.

Then Eric Idle must be *much* taller than I thought, as Yao Ming only
comes up to his knees.

But he's wise and he's witty and he's ready to please.


Dave.

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