Efim Geller (1925–1998)
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Efim Geller (1925-1998) was one of the giants of Soviet chess. Over his lifetime he beat the World Champions more often than he lost, and had healthy plus scores over Bobby Fischer and Mikhail Botvinnik among others. So he deserves the nickname of The Nemesis.
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- Gangbare naam
- Geller, Efim
- Officiële naam
- Геллер, Ефим Петрович
- Geboortedatum
- 1925-03-08
- Overlijdensdatum
- 1998-11-17
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- chess
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I'm curious to know if the reason I get no votes for my chess book reviews is because I'm female. Comments are welcome, if it turns out you all think my chess reviews are strictly gender-neutral rubbish, please do say so. I've written a chess book that was well-regarded, and more recently BCM loved some articles I wrote for the mag, so I can handle whatever you throw at me.
The rest of this was written in 2010 and received one vote from an incredibly discriminating GRer who only votes for the very best stuff.
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This happens to be by my bed at the moment.
Geller's career spans decades and he is one of those players more than capable of beating world champions - he has a plus score against most he has played - but I'm guessing could never become a world champion because he did not excel at match play. He had more than one terrible trouncing at this form of the game.
But I think we can say of chess more than of any sport, that there is no room at the top. To become world champion at chess is so hard! At the moment we are watching this fabulous tussle between Anand and Topalov. Geller's description of his ongoing duel with Gligoric brings to mind the role of the Catalan in this match:
One can add that the mere kibitzer shares in this anxious excitement. Is Anand going to play the Catalan yet again? Has Topalov a new response? Tomorrow there is another game. Anand has just lost with black so will he retreat to the Catalan? The comfort of something he has a plus score with so far - 2.5/3 - would have to be tempting him. He bounced back from such a situation in game two employing it. I'm guessing he's going to try it again....… (meer)
The rest of this was written in 2010 and received one vote from an incredibly discriminating GRer who only votes for the very best stuff.
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This happens to be by my bed at the moment.
Geller's career spans decades and he is one of those players more than capable of beating world champions - he has a plus score against most he has played - but I'm guessing could never become a world champion because he did not excel at match play. He had more than one terrible trouncing at this form of the game.
But I think we can say of chess more than of any sport, that there is no room at the top. To become world champion at chess is so hard! At the moment we are watching this fabulous tussle between Anand and Topalov. Geller's description of his ongoing duel with Gligoric brings to mind the role of the Catalan in this match:
Quite often the chess world witnesses some curious creative duels which sometimes last for several years. They proceed according to the following typical scheme. Two players have played a game. On meeting each other again, they choose the same variation, without any prior agreement, of course, thus adding a psychological struggle to the purely chess struggle. Over each of them, like a sword of Damocles, hangs the anxious thought: why is the opponent repeating the previous game? On what move has he prepared a surprise, and has he in fact prepared one? Should I wait for the unpleasant surprise, or should I be the first to deviate from the familiar path? And if I deviate, then when and how?
One can add that the mere kibitzer shares in this anxious excitement. Is Anand going to play the Catalan yet again? Has Topalov a new response? Tomorrow there is another game. Anand has just lost with black so will he retreat to the Catalan? The comfort of something he has a plus score with so far - 2.5/3 - would have to be tempting him. He bounced back from such a situation in game two employing it. I'm guessing he's going to try it again....… (meer)
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The rest of this was written in 2010 and received one vote from an incredibly discriminating GRer who only votes for the very best stuff.
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This happens to be by my bed at the moment.
Geller's career spans decades and he is one of those players more than capable of beating world champions - he has a plus score against most he has played - but I'm guessing could never become a world champion because he did not excel at match play. He had more than one terrible trouncing at this form of the game.
But I think we can say of chess more than of any sport, that there is no room at the top. To become world champion at chess is so hard! At the moment we are watching this fabulous tussle between Anand and Topalov. Geller's description of his ongoing duel with Gligoric brings to mind the role of the Catalan in this match:
One can add that the mere kibitzer shares in this anxious excitement. Is Anand going to play the Catalan yet again? Has Topalov a new response? Tomorrow there is another game. Anand has just lost with black so will he retreat to the Catalan? The comfort of something he has a plus score with so far - 2.5/3 - would have to be tempting him. He bounced back from such a situation in game two employing it. I'm guessing he's going to try it again....… (meer)