Participants honorary group
Name Country Rating
GM Viktor Kortchnoi SUI 2605 Biography
GM Jan Timman NED 2561 Biography
GM Ljubomir Ljubojevic SRB 2543 Biography
GM Lajos Portisch HUN 2530 Biography
Average rating: 2560 Category: 13
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Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
This is more exciting than group A.
Another trivia: who is the guy on the photo?
The fact that Korchnoi is still over 2600 at his age is frighteningly impressive.
Why Henrique Mecking is not on the list?? It´s ridiculous!
Go Victor Go.
I was going to say just about the same thing. Amazing that he is still above 2600. May he always be above 2600.
Victor in his older age is getting lessons in how to win with grace and expecially lose with dignity. Hope I got that correct. He has always been a terrible loser.
We should have Korchnoi room mate up with John Curdo and John will teach him how to be a gentleman at all times. What a difference in personality. John is so nice.
Photo caption: “That trash-talking from Viktor has given me a splitting headache! I shouldn’t be so thin-skinned!!”
They accused me of using Rybka in my make-up so the arbiter confiscated my skin!
Ouch!
I was just going to say the same thing about Kortchnoi at age 76 and 2605. Also, he’s the only non-world champion Kasparov put on the cover of his series ( not Pillsbury, Keres, Bronstein).
The illustration of this post is disgusting.
“Anonymous said…
The illustration of this post is disgusting.”
That’s no illustration, that is my wife!
“Anonymous said…
The illustration of this post is disgusting.”
That’s no illustration, that is my wife!
You made my day, I was rolling on the floor and laughing.
🙂