Does anyone know if it is really a Jew? He has a Jewish surname, but he is a Jew so he joined the endless list of Jews in chess. As the Polgar, Steinitz, Emanuel Lasker, Mikhail Tal, Michael Botbonik, Smislov, Kasparov and Bobby Fischer, David Bronstein, Akiva Rubinstein, Aaron Nimcowicz, Siegbert Tarashcha, Arronian, Boris Gelfand, Peter Sbidlr ……. and another list How many millions of hard to write ….
Does anyone know if it is really a Jew? He has a Jewish surname, but he is a Jew so he joined the endless list of Jews in chess. As the Polgar, Steinitz, Emanuel Lasker, Mikhail Tal, Michael Botbonik, Smislov, Kasparov and Bobby Fischer, David Bronstein, Akiva Rubinstein, Aaron Nimcowicz, Siegbert Tarashcha, Arronian, Boris Gelfand, Peter Sbidlr ……. and another list How many millions of hard to write ….
Ben should be careful counting his chickens…he got his final norm once, changed his email address, etc, only to have the norm thrown out by fide. not a gm yet until it appears on the fide site…he’s probably ok, but you’d think he would have learned some patience
Ben, are you Jewish? If so, this must be your favorite Yom Kippur ever.
Does anyone know if it is really a Jew? He has a Jewish surname, but he is a Jew so he joined the endless list of Jews in chess. As the Polgar, Steinitz, Emanuel Lasker, Mikhail Tal, Michael Botbonik, Smislov, Kasparov and Bobby Fischer, David Bronstein, Akiva Rubinstein, Aaron Nimcowicz, Siegbert Tarashcha, Arronian, Boris Gelfand, Peter Sbidlr ……. and another list How many millions of hard to write ….
Does anyone know if it is really a Jew? He has a Jewish surname, but he is a Jew so he joined the endless list of Jews in chess. As the Polgar, Steinitz, Emanuel Lasker, Mikhail Tal, Michael Botbonik, Smislov, Kasparov and Bobby Fischer, David Bronstein, Akiva Rubinstein, Aaron Nimcowicz, Siegbert Tarashcha, Arronian, Boris Gelfand, Peter Sbidlr ……. and another list How many millions of hard to write ….
Hearty Congratulations to GM-elect
Ben Finegold.for his new achievement.
Man I hope it was diet cake. And that he didn’t eat the whole cake by himself.
Heartiest Congratulations to GM-elect Ben Finegold. Wish he could say thanks back to all the bloggers.
Ben should be careful counting his chickens…he got his final norm once, changed his email address, etc, only to have the norm thrown out by fide. not a gm yet until it appears on the fide site…he’s probably ok, but you’d think he would have learned some patience
It was a piece of cake, Ben… Congrats!