bruno wrote:
the beast

schreef in bericht
ups.com...
Very sad to hear Kasparov retiring...

I got inspired enough to put this together tonight:
http://www.louisville.edu/~jbteze01/

Hoping you guys here can help me with the last part.

John

A nice web page, John!

My vote would be "The Fighter". Maybe he doesn't have the same fighting
spirit that Fischer had, but he sure evinced more fighting spirit than
most of his peers. Especially with regard to "off-the-board" matters.

I suppose that you could call him "The Cyborg", since he was the
first to truly implement computer applications in maximizing his
preparation for opponents.

Or, you could call him the "L'Enfant Terrible", since he travelled
to all tournaments with his Mother, right until the end. Given his
emotional distress that occurred when he experienced defeat, he was, in
many way, a man-child.

I think the "fighter" is also better suited to Lasker, who may have
been a philospher away from the board, but who extolled "chess is a
struggle" at the board.

I don't think if Karpov as a technician. I like themetaphor I once
heard Spassky use for him, which was the player Karpov is like playing
a python -- he just keeps squeezing your position until you have
nothing contructive to do. So I'd nickname Karpov the "constrictor."

I don't know that Fischer was any more of a genius than any other great
champion. In fact, Capablanca might have been a greater chess genius.
But Fischer was capable of both incredibly great chess and incredibly
unpredictable behavior. I'd nickname him the "mercurial".

The "tactician" underestimates Alekhine's greatness. Yes, he was an
attacking player, but I'd rather describe him as the "brilliant".

As for Kasparov, I see him as combining tremendous natural talent with
tremendous fighting spirit over the board and tremendous dedication to
analysis away from the board. I can't think of a one-word nickname for
this combination. What's a combination of a genius, fighter, and
scientist? Perhaps we should call him the "pinnacle".

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fizzy wrote:
I think the "fighter" is also better suited to Lasker, who may have
been a philospher away from the board, but who extolled "chess is a
struggle" at the board.

True, and I think that was on my shortlist when I was putting the
nicknames together. I really like "the fighter" for Kasparov though.
Along the same lines and maybe even better for Lasker is "the battler"
or "the survivor".

I don't think if Karpov as a technician. I like themetaphor I once
heard Spassky use for him, which was the player Karpov is like
playing
a python -- he just keeps squeezing your position until you have
nothing contructive to do. So I'd nickname Karpov the "constrictor."

That's really good, but it doesn't stand alone without the analogy I
think.

I don't know that Fischer was any more of a genius than any other
great
champion. In fact, Capablanca might have been a greater chess
genius.
But Fischer was capable of both incredibly great chess and incredibly
unpredictable behavior. I'd nickname him the "mercurial".

Yea, he's been referred to as "the fanatic" which is fitting, but I
thought it had too much of a negative connotation. "the genius" sort of
implies the problems away from the board, like a 'troubled genius'.

The "tactician" underestimates Alekhine's greatness. Yes, he was an
attacking player, but I'd rather describe him as the "brilliant".

I wanna stay with nouns though. The tactician, especially under that
very sharp picture of him, does him justice I think.

As for Kasparov, I see him as combining tremendous natural talent
with
tremendous fighting spirit over the board and tremendous dedication
to
analysis away from the board. I can't think of a one-word nickname
for
this combination. What's a combination of a genius, fighter, and
scientist? Perhaps we should call him the "pinnacle".

Thanks to everyone who responded!
Very good suggestions... I really like the pinnacle, the benchmark, and
especially "the greatest", but I don't want to be disrespectful of the
other greats. "The fighter" might be best... but I'll probably just
leave it as a question mark for now. Looking at the current chess
scene, and the FIDE mess, I do see him as possibly the last in a line
of great champions.

"John Tezel" wrote in message
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fizzy wrote:
snip
The "tactician" underestimates Alekhine's greatness. Yes, he was an
attacking player, but I'd rather describe him as the "brilliant".

I wanna stay with nouns though. The tactician, especially under that
very sharp picture of him, does him justice I think.

As Chess GM who tainted Chess History with his version of Five Queens Game
(My Best Games of Chess 1908-1923 between Grigoriev and him) that couldn't
be the possible cause for you to justify The Tactician? Mind you this was
not the only case there had been few before and still some afterward by
different players (not disrespect to any truthful Chess Proponent).



As for Kasparov, I see him as combining tremendous natural talent
with
tremendous fighting spirit over the board and tremendous dedication
to
analysis away from the board. I can't think of a one-word nickname
for
this combination. What's a combination of a genius, fighter, and
scientist? Perhaps we should call him the "pinnacle".

Thanks to everyone who responded!
Very good suggestions... I really like the pinnacle, the benchmark, and
especially "the greatest", but I don't want to be disrespectful of the
other greats. "The fighter" might be best... but I'll probably just
leave it as a question mark for now. Looking at the current chess
scene, and the FIDE mess, I do see him as possibly the last in a line
of great champions.

Agree after considering the symptoms of false Chess Prophet...myself
included :-o

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