Alburt chess games

Ukraine was subjugated into the USSR against their wishes. I think it was that Fischer, having won the highest honor in chess, immediately stopped giving a curse. What more, in his narrow mind, was there to prove?

Feb offramp : Hey kids!! Why don't we put on a Fischer-Karpov argument right here!!? Feb perfidious : I think Jessica Biel is the greatest. Feb HeMateMe : Check out this cheesy book cover with a blonde babe, Lev Alburt's Positions He's talking about chess positions, not something else. I have this book, pretty good. I'm also going to get him to autograph some of those books! Apr HeMateMe : I bought his 6 book course about 20 years ago. I thought it was pretty good as a starter set.

What is he doing these days? Aug Ironmanth : Happy birthday, Grandmaster. Many more to you, sir. Thanks for all you have done for all chessplayers.

No idea if Americans or Russians! Alburt's use of "greater the odds" to mean "more likely" is perfectly comprehensible to Brits though, or at least to me. But the idiomatic "greater the odds" usage you point out is rather common over here, and so I was wondering about the usage in Britain.

I think, in general, the "odds" refers to the probability the supposition in the statement is true, and so we'd tend to say "the greater the odds against" for the negative. Sep Granny O Doul : A more serious problem is his misspelling of "minuscule". Also, "near to his heart", regarding one's rating, is a better choice than "dear to", because the former implies simply that it matters a lot, while the latter suggests that one actually loves it, which to most players is the case only while it is high.

My favourite use of the word is in brave Horatius facing fearful odds, though. Well, of course everyone knows he's under-rated, but his rating, its ups and downs, however miniscule, are his ego's stock-market report. Makes sense. Every player except the world champ will care about their rating. Though Alburt may have said this a long time ago, when times were different.

Aug HeMateMe : One of my favorite players. Alburt has a terrific game against kasparov where kaspy swaps his queen for 3 pieces, chases alburt all over the board and checkmates him. Terrific game! I called him today to wish him a happy birthday. Becoming a member is free , anonymous , and takes less than 1 minute! If you already have a username, then simply login login under your username now to join the discussion. See something that violates our rules? Blow the whistle and inform a moderator.

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