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president_max

A miss is not a miss with Capablanca, but a blunder with 9 .. Ba6.  At least he didn't stand up on the table and shout insults at Saemisch unlike Nimzo.

 

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and that's what you get for messing with president max!

edit:

since there may be kids reading this despite the disclaimer i thought i'd explain the 'miss is not a miss' clause

which itself was derived from the bogart movie.  this is a remixed version for the modern audience

president_max

to err is euwe.  you'll need to learn how to pronounce his name to get that.

anyway he's the original president max (of fide) - so, respect.

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here he got laskerized ...

 stay off the malt, max!

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president_max

what could explain boris spassky's spasm here?

except

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batgirl

Clever.

president_max

vladmir kramnik gets undone by an electric beast or was it just alcohol?

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1.75 litres is no joke

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Preggo_Basashi

Wow, so many GM adult drinks.

president_max
batgirl wrote:

Clever.

thank you, that's very kind of you, batgirl.  it's not often (read that as never) that this dumb bunny gets such a compliment.

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president_max
Preggo_Basashi wrote:

Wow, so many GM adult drinks.

always suspected that chess was just a way to sell drink ...

president_max

a toast to wilhelm steinitz, who got laskerized as well.

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must have been the popular santa at parties ...

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president_max
badenwurtca wrote:

After looking thru this thread a terrific song came to mind: the late great ( Yes I do mean Great ) Don Ho singing " Tiny Bubbles ", I luv that song  lol. 

president_max

so i've covered all the official champs except for vasily smyslov.  couldn't find anything to his name.  the one below is fake tear.png

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but this comedy of exchange of blunders with botvinnik is real (not that anyone of us is the wiser) ...

more info here https://www.chess.com/article/view/14-amazing-world-championship-blunders-part-4

 

just goes to show - it ain't over till vasily sings

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smyslov & i got along really well.

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why we even had a portrait taken togethernull

Preggo_Basashi

I get drunk.

Too often.

But I'm not a GM.

president_max

phew! and that covers all the official world champs!  oh yeah!

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president_max
Preggo_Basashi wrote:

I get drunk.

Too often.

But I'm not a GM.

you've got the 80% done.  now for the remaining 20%.  is that why they call it 80 proof?

Preggo_Basashi

80 proof? What the hell.

I honestly don't know why people think liquor tastes good.

I buy everclear. 190 proof. It's the logical choice if you want to make mixed drinks, because it costs less and tastes the same.

president_max

spoken like an engineer!  efficiency & price/performance is the key.

Preggo_Basashi

When I'm really drunk... like too drunk to post in the forums because I can't even type, I'm probably below 1800.

 

When I'm just sort of drunk, somehow I'm above 1800, if the games are 3|0 or 1|0. It's kind of weird to me.

 

It'd be fun to see how well a top GM could do. I'm sure they'd be beating lesser GMs pretty easily.

Preggo_Basashi
president_max wrote:

spoken like an engineer!  efficiency & price/performance is the key.

Yep. I've studied engineering.

Preggo_Basashi

Electrical engineering.

Like Botvinnik, but not as good at either tongue.png

1staray

hi