Golfers? Golf fans? Will Tiger Woods win his 13th Grand Slam titles today in Augusta and the Masters?
Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
Impossible to tame the Tiger?
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“Tame the Tiger?” Since we are on a chess blog, it should have been a reference to GM Tiger Hillarp-Persson :). He’s doing quite well in the european championship so far.
There is value in discussing Tiger Woods in a chess blog. Yes, he can really crush the ball and yes, he has a fantastic array of shots. But the observations which we can all take inspiration from are:
1. He makes the most of his physical skills by hard work, practice and determination.
2. He is very professional – while he dislikes noises and distraction during play – few pros in any field can put up his level of performance with all of the hoopla which usually surrounds one of his rounds.
3. He is polite and gracious on the course, and if he is upset it is only with himself.
4. He respects his sport/game.
5. He is not willing to rest on his laurels and continues to try to improve himself.
no, he won’t win this time
yes, he’ll win
If he has any kind of front nine this tournament is over
Well, daivd, Google Tiger Woods chess turns up the following as the #5 hit (amongst several references to GM Maurice Ashley):
Sports Hero: Tiger Woods.
No, there isn’t a book titled Chess For Tiger :-). But down lower on the page is a link to 2 essays by schoolkids whose “Sports Hero” is Judit Polgar. And Google Lindsey Baker Susan Polgar tells me this isn’t redundant with prior content on this blog :-).
BTW, at least in chess you won’t get hurt like Tiger against that tree when he broke his 4-iron in the last round, OUCH! That is, so long as you play nice and don’t slam pieces down…