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Susan Polgar for sure!
kostenik
no question: anonymous – (a.k.a anon)
the most knowledgeable chess commentator in history of course!
You, Susan. Oh yeah, and the Turk.
I would pick Fischer or Tal.
Savielly Tartakower, no doubt. A great chess player, a Polish-French patriot, and a sparkling writer. I’d have loved to talk with him.
definitely Kosteniuk!!
Tigran V. Petrosian….one of the most powerful figures in chess history.
I can’t think of anyone who might be more candid and interesting than Victor Korchnoi. What a wealth of chess memories, insight, and experiences one could derive from him!
Sloan? Uh….just kidding.
Philidor. To find out his reaction to my more “modern” ideas on chess. Though I doubt that I would be able to demonstrate their power as I am sure he would thouroughly trounce me in a real game.
I would love to meet Alekhine and spend a day with him.
Morphy. He seemed like such an artist on the chess board. I’d offer to never win a game again, if I could play one tournament like he did.
I’d play Morphy (although I’d be tempted to use a pocket fritz and see if I can make him mad trying to figure out how I am crushing him)
Oh, and I’m glad sunshine stopped posting making fun of everyone on here. Sunshine ruins it for us all.
Judit Polgar.
Anonymous said…
Oh, and I’m glad sunshine stopped posting making fun of everyone on here. Sunshine ruins it for us all.
Thursday, August 17, 2006 6:35:24 PM
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yes we need more sarcastic anonymous posters like you.
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I think it would have been fun to be with Morphy during his European trip. it must have been an exciting time.
Antoaneta Stefanova. She’s one of only a handful of female GrandMasters, and the only one who regularly plays the Scandinavian–my opening. I’ve spent many hours studying her games. I hear she’s friendly, too.
The year is 1745. The place is London. I want to walk into Slaughter’s coffee house shortly before Andre Philidor and Abraham Janssen start their match for the chess championship of the known world.
I will sit quietly and take notation of all 5 of their games (in Concise Reversible Algebraic Notation, CRAN).
Afterward I will show my scoresheets to Philidor, and try to talk some sense into him about notation.
Then I will get back into my time machine and publish the Chess Book of the Year for 2006!
BTWay, there are only two drawings of Philidor that survive today. One is an unflattering and under informative profile, taken from his chess book.
But the other drawing is much better. It was drawn for Philidor the music composer. Browse to (copy & paste, then remove spaces)…
http:// http://www.rochadekuppenheim.de/ test/ philidor.htm
I would offer a trade to Philidor. I would give him a copy of John Watson’s book “Secrets of Modern Chess Strategy”, if he and Janssen would play a chess960 match. If introduced so early in chess history, chess960 might today share an equal level of prestige with traditional “chess1”.
Humm, Captain Kirk would say I was violating the Prime Directive by giving Philidor Watson’s book. Okay, maybe instead I would tell Philidor that future grandmasters figured out that it is the bishop that is the soul of chess – just to mess with his head!
Philidor has been estimated at a chess strength of today’s 2300, almost an average International Master.
Gene Milener
http://CastleLong.com/
Either you or Kasparov. Someone who is nice, enjoys working with/training kids, and has been doing a lot to promote chess here in the USA.
“Sloan? Uh….just kidding.”
lol
A friend of mine, in NYC for the 1990 Kasparov-Karpov match, stopped by the Manhattan CC. The manager sets my Class A friend up for a skittles game with a older man, a stranger. It’s a Sicilian, & my friend plays 2…d6 & 5…a6.
“Ah! You’re playing my opening.” It was Najdorf.
So if Tartakover is booked, Najdorf would be a fine alternate….
–Bill Brock, Chicago
Hi Susan,
Dr. Lasker would be my choice. A man of many talents beyond the chessboard including philosophy and mathematics. While not a chess purist, he knew how to mix it up and I cannot think of a more competitive player with the possible exception of Fischer. Unlike Fischer, he defended his title many times. No one has come close to beating his 27-year reign as World Champion. St. Petersburg 1914 and New York 1924 were two incredible titles that he took away from “The Chess Machine”. Perhaps the greatest compliment to his skills was Capablanca’s exclusion of him from the New York 1927 tournament that was to be used to select a challenger to Capablanca.
Susan, you would make my short list but I have to give the nod to Dr. Lasker.
Tom
Kostinuik???? Stefanova????
How can these names even be uttered in the same breath of many of the players listed above?
Reuben Fine. Firstly, I’d get some advice on my endgame play. Then, I’d go for the psychotherapy; you know what a day with a good shrink goes for these days? (:~)
Dan G.
I woudl pick the greatest of all, Kasparov, i would love to talk with him about how you can make those beatifull Nadjorfs, and how you are able to be in top for 20 years.
Kasparov the greatest of all!
No other than Dann Heisman!
He is a great Chess Teacher of novice. His tips in chesscafe makes you improve!
**Chess for Girls**
> Stefanova????
In reply to anonymous@11:26:21, did you just knock the #5 woman chess player in the world while cowering behind an anonymous handle?
“If you have a chance to spend a day hanging out, chatting and playing chess with any chess celebrity in history, who would it be and why?”
I would pick Antoaneta Stefanova because she’s a great player and one of the few who plays the Center Counter. I’ve studied many of her games, and besides she’s supposedly a sociable person to hang out with. If I can break 2300, maybe I’ll get to play her! 🙂
Kasparov – because he is the greatest personality both on the chess board and in real life
Fischer – because it is tempting to examine how a genius in chess can be a person of mediocre intelligence
Karpov – to examine a product of former Soviet Union system in present days
Korchnoi – to understand how he was treated by the Soviets
Sofia Polgar – to get a first chess lesson for my 2 year old daughter Becky
Almira Skripchenko
Its a matter of preference, so don’t knock those who choose Kosteniuk or Stefanova.
Personally, I’d rather have dinner with Oxana Kosteniuk than with Garry Kasparov.
Paul Morphy – although I think he’d prefer to chat about anything but chess.
Judit Polgar – I’ve always been a fan.
Carmen Kass – I owe her a couple of games.
None other than Vishy Anand! Reason:
1.) To know how to analyze fast: The fastest and brilliant chess player ever to have descended the planet!
2.) To know how he could be such a normal person being at that level: I think, he is the most normal, gentle, and humane champion ever to have played at that level.
3.) Vishy in private can tell you what it is to be a loner- the only non-Russian, non-European to have crossed the magical 2800!
4.) To know the real story behind him being omitted for a World championship challenge match against Kasparov (since 1995), Kramink or the current one-Topalov.
PS:I have had an opportunity to watch Anand give a presentation when I was in school at IIT-Madras, India. Everyone in the hall were riveted to his personality both, on and off the board. He displayed such a good sense of humor and obviously an amazing intellect.
– Gans
CAPABLANCA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
He is my favourite of all chess champions in history. I would love to learn how he formulates a plan. He lost less games statiscally than any other champion ever. I would pick the Capablanca of 1923. That was when he was at his peak in my opinion.
None other than the one and only
MIKHAIL TAL….
What a player…what an imagination…
Che Guevara
I’d hang out with you..Susan..and I will!! haha whenever I drag my sorry old a$$ to NY!
Mike
haha
1. Harry Nelson Pillsbury (i.e. “The Morphy of the North”). If he would have lived, he may very well have defeated Lasker for the world title.
2. Paul Morphy…the greatest natural talent in chess history! Compared with his contemporaries, he was an absolute genious!
Again, though, playing against Pillsbury would be great.