For those of you who may or may not no. Mt. Rushmore is a monumental granite sculpture of former United States presidents George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Theodore Roosevelt and Abraham Lincoln.
If you were going to name your Mt. Rushmore of Chess.. What 4 chess players heads would you have on the momument?
I would have Robert James Fischer, Gary Kasparov, Alexander Alekhine & Rybka 3 (lol).
Your Mt. Rushmore of Chess?
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Your Mt. Rushmore of Chess?
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Re: Your Mt. Rushmore of Chess?
Morphy, Capablanca, Alekhine, DeeperBlueGrizzlytae wrote:For those of you who may or may not no. Mt. Rushmore is a monumental granite sculpture of former United States presidents George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Theodore Roosevelt and Abraham Lincoln.
If you were going to name your Mt. Rushmore of Chess.. What 4 chess players heads would you have on the momument?
I would have Robert James Fischer, Gary Kasparov, Alexander Alekhine & Rybka 3 (lol).
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Re: Your Mt. Rushmore of Chess?
Capablanca, Alekhine, Fischer and Kasparov.Grizzlytae wrote:For those of you who may or may not no. Mt. Rushmore is a monumental granite sculpture of former United States presidents George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Theodore Roosevelt and Abraham Lincoln.
If you were going to name your Mt. Rushmore of Chess.. What 4 chess players heads would you have on the momument?
I would have Robert James Fischer, Gary Kasparov, Alexander Alekhine & Rybka 3 (lol).
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Re: Your Mt. Rushmore of Chess?
Grizzlytae wrote:For those of you who may or may not no. Mt. Rushmore is a monumental granite sculpture of former United States presidents George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Theodore Roosevelt and Abraham Lincoln.
If you were going to name your Mt. Rushmore of Chess.. What 4 chess players heads would you have on the momument?
I would have Robert James Fischer, Gary Kasparov, Alexander Alekhine & Rybka 3 (lol).
1. Rybka 3
2. Gary Kasparov
3. Alexander Alekhine
4. Robert James Fischer
Alekhine impresses me more than Fischer because of his blind simultaneous exhibitions.
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7. Botwinnik
8. Tal
Tal because I like tactics.
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Re: Your Mt. Rushmore of Chess?
My Mount Rushmore is......
Chris Whittington
Ed Schroder
Swami
and Thorsten Czub
They are my heroes.......
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Ed Schroder
Swami
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They are my heroes.......
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Re: Your Mt. Rushmore of Chess?
Same with my choice exactly.Graham Banks wrote:Capablanca, Alekhine, Fischer and Kasparov.
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Re: Your Mt. Rushmore of Chess?
My other Mt Rushmore is....Kirill Kryukov wrote:Same with my choice exactly.Graham Banks wrote:Capablanca, Alekhine, Fischer and Kasparov.
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1. Steintz
2. Morphy
3. Nimzowitsch
4. Capablanca
2. Morphy
3. Nimzowitsch
4. Capablanca
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Re: Your Mt. Rushmore of Chess?
I think the same will be my choice.Graham Banks wrote:Capablanca, Alekhine, Fischer and Kasparov.Grizzlytae wrote:For those of you who may or may not no. Mt. Rushmore is a monumental granite sculpture of former United States presidents George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Theodore Roosevelt and Abraham Lincoln.
If you were going to name your Mt. Rushmore of Chess.. What 4 chess players heads would you have on the momument?
I would have Robert James Fischer, Gary Kasparov, Alexander Alekhine & Rybka 3 (lol).