Was there ever a "Yoda of Canadian chess"?

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  • Was there ever a "Yoda of Canadian chess"?

    There is a myth that Jack Collins was the Yoda of American chess, though sadly it is not true, as he himself admitted never to teaching top US players Fischer, Lombardy...:

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_W...s#Collins_myth


    I'm wondering if there ever was someone in Canada who might remotely qualify for the sobriquet "The Yoda of Canadian chess". It seems Roman Pelts might be a good candidate:

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_Pelts
    Anything that can go wrong will go wrong.
    Murphy's law, by Edward A. Murphy Jr., USAF, Aerospace Engineer

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    "Yoda of Canadian chess"

    In Winnipeg, there was this short guy named Abe something-or-other, who looked like a little hobbit and got all Manitobans to play the French and, generally, had a large influence over chess in the province.
    Dogs will bark, but the caravan of chess moves on.

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      Re: "Yoda of Canadian chess"

      Originally posted by Nigel Hanrahan View Post
      In Winnipeg, there was this short guy named Abe something-or-other, who looked like a little hobbit and got all Manitobans to play the French and, generally, had a large influence over chess in the province.
      I met him in a swamp down in Manitoba
      Where it bubbles all the time like a giant carbonated soda

      S-O-D-A, soda


      I saw the little runt staring down at his board
      I asked him his name and in a raspy voice he said "yoda"

      Y-O-D-A, Yoda

      Yo-yo-yo-yo Yoda

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        Re: "Yoda of Canadian chess"

        Originally posted by Nigel Hanrahan View Post
        In Winnipeg, there was this short guy named Abe something-or-other, who looked like a little hobbit and got all Manitobans to play the French and, generally, had a large influence over chess in the province.
        Sounds like a horrible thing to do...

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        • #5
          Re: "Yoda of Canadian chess"

          In the 1970s Frank Anderson was a teacher to California future masters.

          Doesn't Hans Jung instruct his students to close their eyes and use the force?

          "You will know the good from the bad when you are calm, at peace. Passive. A Jedi uses the force for knowledge and defence, never for attack" - Yoda

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            Re: "Yoda of Canadian chess"

            Originally posted by Erik Malmsten View Post
            ...
            "You will know the good from the bad when you are calm, at peace. Passive. A Jedi uses the force for knowledge and defence, never for attack" - Yoda
            Sounds like a prescription for us French and Caro-Kann players. ;)
            Anything that can go wrong will go wrong.
            Murphy's law, by Edward A. Murphy Jr., USAF, Aerospace Engineer

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              Re: "Yoda of Canadian chess"

              That rules me out. Never enjoyed being a calm defender. In my case always attack (well almost always attack)

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                Re: "Yoda of Canadian chess"

                In that case you may wish to seek out the Darth Sidious of Canadian chess, if there ever was one. A possible candidate:

                https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bator_Sambuev
                Anything that can go wrong will go wrong.
                Murphy's law, by Edward A. Murphy Jr., USAF, Aerospace Engineer

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