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October 19th 03, 08:40 AM
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How tall are strong chess players?
On one hand Morphy, Steinitz, Reshevski, Najdorf, Bronstein,
Tal, Petrosian were short (Bronstein still is), on the other hand Marshall, Euve, Keres, Smyslov, Fischer, Kramnik were or are tall. Also Alechine was fairly tall, and so is Spassky. Do strong women chess players tend to be on the short side? Some chessplayers are/were medium tall for their generation and environment but short on the global scale. Well? Regards, Wlod PS. Rating institutions should (optionally) collect all kind of trivia about the chess players, so that I would be able to make or disproof all kind of correlations :-) 
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October 19th 03, 09:40 AM
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How tall are strong chess players?
"Wlodzimierz Holsztynski" wrote in message om... On one hand Morphy, Steinitz, Reshevski, Najdorf, Bronstein, Tal, Petrosian were short (Bronstein still is), on the other hand Marshall, Euve, Keres, Smyslov, Fischer, Kramnik were or are tall. Also Alechine was fairly tall, and so is Spassky. Do strong women chess players tend to be on the short side? Some chessplayers are/were medium tall for their generation and environment but short on the global scale. Well? Regards, Wlod PS. Rating institutions should (optionally) collect all kind of trivia about the chess players, so that I would be able to make or disproof all kind of correlations :-) I met Kramnik and Kasparov in London in 2000. Kasparov is about 6 foot 8 inches tall and Kramnik about 6' 10". But I seem to remember that Vera Menchik was 8 foot 4". Quite extraordinary! Alan
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October 19th 03, 04:10 PM
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How tall are strong chess players?
"Alan O'Brien" wrote in message ...
"Wlodzimierz Holsztynski" wrote in message om... On one hand Morphy, Steinitz, Reshevski, Najdorf, Bronstein, Tal, Petrosian were short (Bronstein still is), on the other hand Marshall, Euve, Keres, Smyslov, Fischer, Kramnik were or are tall. Also Alechine was fairly tall, and so is Spassky. Do strong women chess players tend to be on the short side? Some chessplayers are/were medium tall for their generation and environment but short on the global scale. Well? Regards, Wlod PS. Rating institutions should (optionally) collect all kind of trivia about the chess players, so that I would be able to make or disproof all kind of correlations :-) I met Kramnik and Kasparov in London in 2000. Kasparov is about 6 foot 8 inches tall and Kramnik about 6' 10". But I seem to remember that Vera Menchik was 8 foot 4". Quite extraordinary! Alan An optional, RTT question might be: "How strong are tall chessplayers?". Mark
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October 20th 03, 04:44 AM
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How tall are strong chess players?
And Short is Short regardless of his height. John
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October 21st 03, 07:05 AM
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How tall are strong chess players?
"John Macnab" wrote in message news:TZHkb.131772$pl3.1517@pd7tw3no... And Short is Short regardless of his height. John But exactly how tall was Tal ?
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October 21st 03, 12:42 PM
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How tall are strong chess players?
Have you people been watching reruns of Monty Python? This whole
thread seems to be inspired by the sketch "Archeology Today".
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October 21st 03, 04:06 PM
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How tall are strong chess players?
This way to the Department of Crazy Walks.
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