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"They could start by removing some personnel: the head-butting, move-retracting, tournament-rigging, Zurab Azmaiparashvili for instance. He is a disgrace to the organisation. But never let it be said that he is a dunderhead."
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Nigel ShortIt is curious that it is far easier to maintain a high "manners" ratin — Nigel Short
"It is curious that it is far easier to maintain a high "manners" rating if, like Kasparov, you simply dont speak to anyone. I still have much to learn from the great man..."
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Nigel Short
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Nigel David Short is an English chess grandmaster, columnist, coach and commentator who has been the FIDE Director for Chess Development since September 2022. Short earned the title of grandmaster at the age of 19 and was ranked third in the world by FIDE from July 1988 to July 1989. In 1993, he became the first English player to play a World Chess Championship match, when he qualified to play Gar
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"Rublevsky is not a sexy player."
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"A friend of mine recently joked that his mobile phone will beat Magnus Carlsen. I said, ‘What are you talking about? My microwave could beat Magnus Carlsen."
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