Is it just me, or does Topalov seem like a real, umm, a-hole? Ever since the shenanigans during his world-championship match against Kramnik in 2006, he has left a bad taste. And his treatment of Anand in this match seems pretty poor.
Yeah, yeah, I know that some of this is psychological warfare, but whatever happened to sportsmanship and professionalism?
Seriously, does anyone like this guy? Or am I way off base here?
Topalov is a difficult guy to like
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lmader
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Topalov is a difficult guy to like
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Terry McCracken
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Re: Topalov is a difficult guy to like
It's not just you, Topalov is an a-hole and hopefully Anand will put him in his place...2nd as a chessplayer and 3rd rate as a person. Well Topalov has done that to himself.lmader wrote:Is it just me, or does Topalov seem like a real, umm, a-hole? Ever since the shenanigans during his world-championship match against Kramnik in 2006, he has left a bad taste. And his treatment of Anand in this match seems pretty poor.
Yeah, yeah, I know that some of this is psychological warfare, but whatever happened to sportsmanship and professionalism?
Seriously, does anyone like this guy? Or am I way off base here?
Terry McCracken
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Matthias Gemuh
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Re: Topalov is a difficult guy to like
I only started considering Topalov a strong player when I saw that he can play at a high level even when Danilov is not around with a cell phone.
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Re: Topalov is a difficult guy to like
Actually Topalov is a very nice guy, and Anand even more so. Danilov and some other characters on the Topalov team are not so nice. I think most of the negative stuff is not due to Topalov himself, but rather due to others on his team. A similar situation used to happen with Gata Kamsky. Although Gata was a really nice guy, his father who was managing him was a different story ... this caused a lot of negativity towards G Kamsky.
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Re: Topalov is a difficult guy to like
errrrrr.............excuse me. Something abnormal going on?
why should men like another man - .
Oooooops !
ohhhh............I get it now.
Some guys are that "way" about guys.
Oh . Ok. live and let live
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Re: Topalov is a difficult guy to like
What do you mean ?lmader wrote:Is it just me, or does Topalov seem like a real, umm, a-hole? Ever since the shenanigans during his world-championship match against Kramnik in 2006, he has left a bad taste. And his treatment of Anand in this match seems pretty poor.
Yeah, yeah, I know that some of this is psychological warfare, but whatever happened to sportsmanship and professionalism?
Seriously, does anyone like this guy? Or am I way off base here?
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Terry McCracken
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Re: Topalov is a difficult guy to like
Topalov seems pretty willing to go along with Danilov, in fact so much so they had to put up plate glass to separate Topalov from Kramnik.M ANSARI wrote:Actually Topalov is a very nice guy, and Anand even more so. Danilov and some other characters on the Topalov team are not so nice. I think most of the negative stuff is not due to Topalov himself, but rather due to others on his team. A similar situation used to happen with Gata Kamsky. Although Gata was a really nice guy, his father who was managing him was a different story ... this caused a lot of negativity towards G Kamsky.
I've read articles and Topalov comes across as vindictive, arrogant and even hostile.
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alpha123
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Re: Topalov is a difficult guy to like
Yeah, nobody likes Topa. Though actually I think Topalov himself is only... slightly... obnoxious, Danailov is incredibly rude. Just read [url=http://chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp?newsid=5901]this[/ur] ......lmader wrote:Is it just me, or does Topalov seem like a real, umm, a-hole? Ever since the shenanigans during his world-championship match against Kramnik in 2006, he has left a bad taste. And his treatment of Anand in this match seems pretty poor.
Yeah, yeah, I know that some of this is psychological warfare, but whatever happened to sportsmanship and professionalism?
Seriously, does anyone like this guy? Or am I way off base here?
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Werewolf
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Re: Topalov is a difficult guy to like
I'm supporting Anand in this match! The whole silence issue is just silly - I mean I like a fight but it seems a bit silly to me the way Topalov has pressed it.lmader wrote: Seriously, does anyone like this guy? Or am I way off base here?
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Dann Corbit
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Re: Topalov is a difficult guy to like
Will Rogers would have liked him.lmader wrote:Is it just me, or does Topalov seem like a real, umm, a-hole? Ever since the shenanigans during his world-championship match against Kramnik in 2006, he has left a bad taste. And his treatment of Anand in this match seems pretty poor.
Yeah, yeah, I know that some of this is psychological warfare, but whatever happened to sportsmanship and professionalism?
Seriously, does anyone like this guy? Or am I way off base here?