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Anatoly Karpov 1 (6.7%) Paul Morphy 6 (40.0%) Napoleon Bonaparte 8 (53.3%) Total votes: 15 « Created by: Stefan Buecker on: 06/17/11 at 14:17:40 »

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kylemeister God Member Offline Posts: 4971 Location: USA Joined: 10/24/05	Re: Who is the Smallest? Reply #12 - 06/17/11 at 20:37:19	Post Tools	Print Post
	In a tournament book I have from 1996, Van Wely gave his height as 1.90 meters (about 6 feet 3 inches).


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Seth_Xoma God Member Offline FM with 2 IM Norms - (2381) Posts: 558 Location: Lansing Joined: 11/05/04 Gender:	Re: Who is the Smallest? Reply #11 - 06/17/11 at 20:22:54	Post Tools	Print Post
	Of all the Grandmasters I've seen in person, Van Wely is by far the tallest.


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rukh Junior Member Offline Posts: 63 Location: Finland Joined: 08/27/09 Gender:	Re: Who is the Smallest? Reply #10 - 06/17/11 at 20:15:09	Post Tools	Print Post
	How tall is Nigel Short?


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Stefan Buecker God Member Offline Posts: 1386 Location: Germany Joined: 02/11/09 Gender:	Re: Who is the Smallest? Reply #9 - 06/17/11 at 20:05:12	Post Tools	Print Post
	TalJechin wrote on 06/17/11 at 19:32:54: According to google both Karpov and Napoleon stood 5 feet 7 inches tall, while Morphy was only 5 feet 4 inches. My contemporary source on Morphy says something different, but thanks for the hint. Google finds http://www.geocities.com/siliconvalley/lab/7378/morphy.htm (Bill Wall) with the following: "Morphy stood 5 feet, 4 inches in height and was slim. He never married. He wore a cloak, kid gloves, a monocle (he was nearsighted at an early age), and always had a walking stick. He was always particular about how he dressed. He was a dandy." Sounds like a description of an older Morphy. There is a list of sources, but no hint where the quote above comes from.


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kylemeister God Member Offline Posts: 4971 Location: USA Joined: 10/24/05	Re: Who is the Smallest? Reply #8 - 06/17/11 at 19:45:17	Post Tools	Print Post
	I'm thinking Filip. Maybe Sebastian Siebrecht among the living.


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TalJechin God Member Offline There is no secret ingredient. Posts: 2892 Location: Malmö Joined: 08/12/04 Gender:	Re: Who is the Smallest? Reply #7 - 06/17/11 at 19:32:54	Post Tools	Print Post
	According to google both Karpov and Napoleon stood 5 feet 7 inches tall, while Morphy was only 5 feet 4 inches. Most GMs seem to be rather short, so who was/is the tallest GM? Donner? Kramnik? Euwe?


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kylemeister God Member Offline Posts: 4971 Location: USA Joined: 10/24/05	Re: Who is the Smallest? Reply #6 - 06/17/11 at 18:47:49	Post Tools	Print Post
	I seem to recall that an article on Karpov in Current Biography circa 1978 said he was 5 feet 7 inches and weighed 120 lbs.


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Smyslov_Fan God Member Correspondence fan Offline Progress depends on the unreasonable man. ~GBS Posts: 6902 Joined: 06/15/05	Re: Who is the Smallest? Reply #5 - 06/17/11 at 18:40:53	Post Tools	Print Post
	Karpov is the shortest World Champion, but Morphy must have been shorter. I'm guessing the difference would be 2-3 inches, with Morphy being the shortest. Weren't Karpov and Bonaparte the same height? I remember some cartoon about that in the 1980s. (It may have just been that they were both short.)


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Göran Senior Member Offline ChessPublishing is great! Posts: 454 Location: Sweden Joined: 02/13/08 Gender:	Re: Who is the Smallest? Reply #4 - 06/17/11 at 15:20:15	Post Tools	Print Post
	could be difficult to compare: http://europeanhistory.about.com/od/bonapartenapoleon/a/napoleonheight.htm

	What kind of proof is that?
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Keano God Member Offline Money doesn't talk, it swears. Posts: 2924 Location: Toulouse Joined: 05/25/05 Gender:	Re: Who is the Smallest? Reply #3 - 06/17/11 at 15:11:37	Post Tools	Print Post
	good question, would've thought Bonoparte but remember seeing a photo of Morphy and he looked quite short. Karpov wasn't really a shortie was he? To sum up, I havn't got a clue.


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Stefan Buecker God Member Offline Posts: 1386 Location: Germany Joined: 02/11/09 Gender:	Re: Who is the Smallest? Reply #2 - 06/17/11 at 15:09:59	Post Tools	Print Post
	Height (in feet, inches, cm, whatever), when standing - not sitting at the chess board.


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Göran Senior Member Offline ChessPublishing is great! Posts: 454 Location: Sweden Joined: 02/13/08 Gender:	Re: Who is the Smallest? Reply #1 - 06/17/11 at 15:05:24	Post Tools	Print Post
	Smallest to mind or body?

	What kind of proof is that?
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Stefan Buecker God Member Offline Posts: 1386 Location: Germany Joined: 02/11/09 Gender:	Who is the Smallest? 06/17/11 at 14:17:40	Post Tools	Print Post
	Anatoly Karpov probably would have beaten the other two in chess, but who is/was the smallest?


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