I'll go with young Brazilian GM Alexandr Hilário Takeda Sakai dos Santos Fier
Which Grandmaster has the coolest name?
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Estrinian wrote:
Capablanca sounds good (what does it mean?) Short is concise.
It means Cap-a-blank-a.
Tony Miles could see for miles into the endgame right from the opening.
Apr 11, 2014
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Senator-Blutarsky wrote:
Tony Miles could see for miles into the endgame right from the opening.
Don't know if subtle who reference " I can see for miles and miles"
Great band too!
Apr 11, 2014
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Yes yes it is, absolutely great musicians in their own right, shame about keith moon
Yes, it sure was. It was fun to see him clowning around, enjoying himself on the drums during their gigs.
Apr 11, 2014
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GM Helgi Ass Gretarsson
IM Gaby Livshits
IM Nazi Paikidze
IM Richard Bates
WGM Gisela Fischdick
BTW, I've played/met some of these players. Not all names anglicize well, i mean, exist with the most positive connotations in the english language.
GM Daniel King seems to have a chess-appropriate name.
GM Ian Nepomniachtchi and GM Vadim Zvjaginsev have cool, easy to spell names. cool games too (really!).
Apr 11, 2014
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Senator-Blutarsky wrote:
Yes, it sure was. It was fun to see him clowning around, enjoying himself on the drums during their gigs.
Yeah course at least Townshend and daltry are alive
Nja mpdg jmad
Nja mpdg jmad
Dr.Euwe!
Sergey Car Jackin.
Two recent discoveries of mine: Benjamin Vincent Hercules ( South Africa) and Matej Titan ( Slovenia ) .
What's in a name? That which we call a rose
By any other word would smell as sweet