ANDREW BRETT wrote on 05/18/09 at 07:37:11:

St Petersburg, 1914 - but see: Grandmaster section in Wikipedia (can't post link here - for some reason, when you click on the link it claims the article doesn't exist)

Actually not.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Jones_(Philidor)

MNb wrote on 05/26/09 at 03:23:26:


Don't know if this CD is to be found in many record stores, but at least it exists:

http://www.naxosdirect.com/title/8.557593-94

I do agree with your point though; by the help of youtube I've just listened to Philidor for the first time in my life. I know a lot more about Salieri.

Göran wrote on 05/25/09 at 23:04:42:


He has been female her entire life.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galina_Ustvolskaya

I have heard both Salieri and Philidor; the latter a long time ago and well .... Westerinen is also a GM, isn't he? But OK, if you don't believe me, visit the nearest record shop with a section on classical music. If you find a CD entirely devoted to the music of Philidor in the racks I will buy it for you. That's a bet I would not make on Salieri. Neither I would advise you to make that bet on Ustvolskaya.

Does Britney Spears compose music or play chess? I always have thought she is too busy forgetting her underwear.

Willempie wrote on 05/23/09 at 22:16:15:


He was a composer.

Willempie wrote on 05/23/09 at 22:16:15:

Nope. I prefer the music of Ustvolskaja 8 days a week and she died only a few years ago. The fact is that Philidor, contemporary of Mozart and Haydn, is hardly played anymore. In fact I doubt if anyone on this site has heard a composition of his.

MNb wrote on 05/23/09 at 21:54:20:

Let's say he was a better composer than what we currently see in modern music

Willempie wrote on 05/23/09 at 11:42:44:

Philidor was a composer.

Sadly the World's tallest Grandmaster just recently past away:

http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp?newsid=5400

Czech GM Miroslav Filip dies at 80
03.05.2009 – At six foot nine inches Miroslav Filip was an imposing presence at the chess board. But he became a world force in the 50s and 60s, represented his country in 12 consecutive Chess Olympiads and inflicted defeat on no fewer than three world champions (Euwe, Smyslov and Tal). Filip was born in Prague on October 27, 1928, and died there on April 27, 2009. Obituary by Raymond Keene.

... 6 foot 9 inches = 2.05 meters

Simen Adgestein - A wonderboy himself teaching a wonderboy...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simen_Agdestein

The World's most sporting Grandmaster!

Thanks, Hand.   

I guess I can't use Ivanov anymore.

kylemeister wrote on 05/19/09 at 15:52:30:

These are the Top 10 lowest rated Grandmasters at the moment (source: ratings.fide.com):

Valery Grechihin - RUS - 2216
Arthur Bisguier - USA - 2228
Herman Suradiradja - INA - 2247
Vasily Malinin - RUS - 2280
Dragoljub Ciric - SRB - 2283
Yair Kraidman - ISR - 2290
Stanimir Nikolic - SRB - 2292
Alexander Panchenko - RUS - 2294
Levente Lengyel - HUN - 2298
Ivan Radulov - BUL - 2303

Real playing at the moment are: 
Dragoljub (therefore he should the one to be honoured ), Kraidman, Panchenko

Anatoly Lein has a really low rating as well if I remember correctly.

Hübner could be also the most excruciating analyser.

Or is it Speelman?

Peter Heine Nielsen is the World's tallest Grandmaster, at over 6 feet in height. 

The Newest GM-Elect is Robert Hess.

The Most Famous Grandmaster on ICC is Nakamura.

The Grandmaster with the most games played: Korchnoi.

The Shortest Grandmaster?

Not sure about Nezhmetdinov.  Certainly he was one of the brightest lights, but what about Igor Ivanov, who boasted draws and victories over Kasparov and Karpov?  He would lose silly games, but that was because he would play every week against anybody.

Ivanov certainly ranks as one of the world's best non-GMs.

Quote:


http://www.rebel.nl/smyslov1.htm

Just scroll down a bit and you see a picture - click and listen!

Impressive is the World's oldest Grandmaster (at the moment):

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andor_Lilienthal

Perhaps the first Grandmaster to reach 100 years - this may yield him 100 additional elo points according to Fide-rule 23.4! On the other hand - at some card games you fall back to zero when reach the number 99 at counting - hmm....

Today I read a description of a book from GM Robert Hübner:

Robert Hübner probably is the world's most modest chess grandmaster.

- Great advertisment!

What world record holders among the grandmasters do you see?

Is there a most expierenced, smallest, longest, funniest, or whatever Grandmaster?

Let's collect them....